Dove for Peace
A Dove Flies around Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature
Posted: Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Ōtepoti continues to support Lviv and Odessa Cities of Literature and the people of Ukraine with a tribute to Ukrainian folk artist Maria Prymachenko and her famous painting ‘A Dove Has Spread Her Wings and Asks for Peace’ (1982). Prymachenko came to the attention of Picasso in 1937 when he is famously quoted as saying, ‘I bow down before the artistic miracle of this brilliant Ukrainian.’
Hanging in the foyer of Dunedin Public Libraries City Branch, this larger-than-life replica was created as a fundraiser for ReliefAid Ukraine by artists Nick Guilford, Penelope Smith and Kylie Woods of Ōtepoti. The ‘action art’, which was completed in one day on 10 July, was first displayed in the Ukrainian Hub in the Golden Centre and will eventually fly from City Library to Holy Name Church.
The time lapse video showing the production of the replica will be added to the suite of short films featuring breathtaking Ukrainian landscapes and towns that was generously gifted to Ōtepoti by Lviv UNESCO City of Literature.