Balgarianovinite.com Bulgarian artist Vejdi Rashidov presents 60 new watercolors at his Christmas exhibition “The Tree.” It was unveiled at the Vejdi Art Gallery in Sofia on Thursday.
Rashidov explained why the exhibition is titled “The Tree”: “Ten years ago, I almost left this world. I was sitting in a white room in Berlin, Germany. There was a small toilet, a table with two chairs, a small bed, and a window. From that window, all I could see -after three months without going outside – was a forest. For the first time in my life, I saw the green tree begin to turn yellow in August and September. I saw how that tree slowly shed its leaves and a small golden circle formed around it. The tree turned yellow, then red, and finally bare. Then I realized that I was looking at a living thing, like a human being. We are born, we grow, we mature, we age, we wither, and finally we pass away, and after 40 days… no one remembers us.”
“When I got home, I drew all these trees that were changing all the time. I had nothing else, they saved me. I made over 50 small drawings. I organized an exhibition, sold them, raised BGN 50,000, and donated them to the pediatric oncology department at Tsaritsa Yoanna University Hospital. Then I sat in my yard and started looking at the trees as if they were alive,” Rashidov went on to say.
“What a thing life is… there’s no need to invent themes, they are right in front of you. It is enough to notice them without wanting to. The current exhibition is dedicated to what accompanies us unconsciously,” Rashidov added.
He said he is planning a retrospective exhibition next year on the occasion of his 75th birthday, “in which I will present my journey so far.”
BTA Director General Kiril Valchev, who was among the guests at the opening, said: “Vejdi Rashidov does not want much. He wants to see how the tree opposite his window changes, and he wants to be alive next year to make an exhibition telling us about the path he has travelled.” Valchev recalled that Rashidov, who used to head the parliamentary Committee on Culture and the Media, was the one who proposed him as Director General of the Bulgarian News Agency. Exhibition of Watercolours by Vejdi Rashidov Unveiled in Sofia 2025 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2025-12-11 20:05:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law