Thousands of origami doves take flight at National Cathedral in Washington
The doves featured in this piece symbolise peace and resilience.
By ET Bureau |
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The “Les Colombes” exhibit is by German artist, Michael Pendry. (Image Credit: Danielle E. Thomas)
Washington National Cathedral hosts a new art exhibit showcasing thousands of paper doves suspended from the Cathedral’s vaulted, 100-foot-high ceiling until May 2021. The “Les Colombes” exhibit is by German artist, Michael Pendry, who has created similar works at Cathedrals around the world, and symbolises the Biblical theme of hope and optimism heading into the new year after a very challenging 2020.
Looking ahead “The past year tried and tested us in ways none could have anticipated, bringing a deadly global pandemic that has claimed 300,000 American lives as well as racial strife that has forced a long-overdue reckoning on justice and policing in our society,” said Rev. Randolph Marshall Hollerith, dean of Washington National Cathedral. “While these issues are very much still with us, and will remain so, we look ahead to the new year with hope for a brighter day and a new chapter. These doves, beautifully arranged to give new life to our Cathedral, embody our resolve to be kind to our fellow man and to do our part in making a better tomorrow.”
The exhibit includes more than 2,000 paper doves, designed to appear like they are flying in a long, winding column through the Cathedral’s nave. (Image Credit: Danielle E. Thomas) Wings of change The exhibit includes more than 2,000 paper doves, designed to appear like they are flying in a long, winding column through the Cathedral’s nave. The doves have appeared in Salisbury Cathedral in Salisbury, England; St. Martin-in-the-Fields in London; Mount Zion in Jerusalem; Heilig-Geist Viktualienmarkt in Munich; and Grace Cathedral in San Francisco.
Pendry said, “It is a multimedia art installation that affects visitors on multiple sensory levels, and the doves featured in this piece symbolise peace and resilience, which are desperately needed in the troubled times we live in, especially as we reflect back on 2020.”
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