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Friday, 13 September 2019

Le Bon Temps Viendra


'Le Bon Temps Viendra (The Good Times Will Come)' by Ana Rosa Hopkins. This was an installation of six large cocoons, made of silk, woven metal thread and glass balls. They hung from the central tower of the church and represent the potential of human beings to change and transform: our outer facade and our inner soul, where change must start. Glass butterflies represented our fragility and hope. 



The artwork's title is the motto of the Harcourt family, who built Healey St Paul's Church, completed in 1848. It is an unusual design, by Edward Buckton Lamb, with its central spire supported on well-disguised buttresses. It is reputed to have been financed by the winnings of a racehorse, Ellington, trained in nearby Middleham. It won the Derby - but not until 1856, after the church was built. 



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