Tolerância

“Portraying Mother Teresa and Gandhi face to face is an exercise in faith in humanity”, summarizes the Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra, author of the 120 square meter mural in New York, with both icons of pacifism that made history in India.
Much in common, but different performances. Both Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) and Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) dedicated their lives to India, were pacifists and were religious. However, the peak of his actions was temporarily separated: the works of the Hindu leader, founder of the modern post-Independence Indian state from England, were in the first half of the 20th century; those of the Catholic nun, later considered holy by the Vatican, on Monday.
Mother Teresa was compared to Gandhi in a speech given by the then Indian Prime Minister at his wake.
"This mural shows that different religions should not represent a barrier, but rather a bridge - since everyone's goal is common," says Kobra.
The work, entitled ‘Tolerance’, can be seen from the top of the High Line. And, as the artist hopes, it should act as an invitation to reflection: face to face, that different people make dialogue the necessary prayer for a culture of peace.