Everything’s going to be back to normal real soon. A phrase that actually scares everyone, especially nature that for some time had finally taken a breath of fresh air. Maybe nobody out there will have missed us, nobody will run to hug us, also because we will be covered in gloves, masks and glass capsules.
We will be different, frightened, more suspicious than before. And maybe we won’t feel like hugging anyone.
Rainbow Earth by Damien Hirst – Photo: Jeremy Selwyn
The Internet has become a great showroom in which professional and anonymous artists portray the health crisis, reflect on the world to come or simply fight boredom.
The Getty Museum Challenge, The Covid Art Museum — dedicated to the artworks of the Coronavirus and created by three Spanish advertisers who intend to group them —, Damien Hirst, the “enfant terrible” of the Britart of the 90s, and his rainbow heart filled with butterflies — the drawing of hope that thousands of children have painted and hung on their balconies around the world —, Yayoi Kusama and her “Disappear from this earth” poem, Banksy and his bathroom and Game Changer, Steve Cutts and his Man 2020, Ertan Atay and his Art Masks, Valott and his Covid visions, Pascal Ruelle and his Covid solutions at work, up to the Ixène’s Santa Claus who finds mask and hand-sanitizing gel at the entrance to the chimney. They all make us hope and smile as always, even if hide a lot of anxiety about the “New Normal”.
2020 Salon – Pascal RuelleHairy Situation – Walt HandelsmanBanksy at HomeCorona 2: The Second Wave – Steve CuttsHygiene Club (from 1999 Fight Club movie by David Fincher) – Ertan AtayClean Air Now mural by Tvboy in Rome (feat. 1953 Roman Holiday movie by William Wyler) – Photo: Andreas Solaro/AFP2020 Massage Therapy – Pascal RuelleIl Rin-CoglionavirusHow to Stay Safe – Bob MoranUsing hands had become too dangerous: We had entered the elbow era – Remy CattelainThe Unknown Bus Stop – Raphaelle Macaron for Society MagazineFree Hugs – Diego ParésWe Adapt As Best We Can (Visor Wash?) – Man DessinateurSummer 2020 (from beach aerial view by Zoonar/Ivan Tykhyi) – Santi P. SeoaneSummer 2020 – Burnt ToastBlow Out the Candles – Valott2020 Birthday – Jorge Hipólito Meijide a.k.a. MeijiThe Neighbors Have Visits! Call The Police! – YGRECKMarkets can reopen cautiously – Igor ParatteLausanne reopens its markets under certain conditions – BénédicteFever Control – Elrayah OmbaddiRobbery 3/3 – Made by Jimbob6 Months Later – Shannon WheelerFirst Day of School – Made by JimbobMonday Scene – Victor SolísMeasures for the School – BénédicteReopening of the Schools – Kim DuChateauSneezing at School – Gatis SlukaSchool During the COVID-19 – Gatis Sluka2020 Class – ValottGame Changer – BanksyNever Go Back to School – Goin (Photo: Florian Olivo)Nevermind (from 1991 Nirvana’s Nevermind album cover feat. Spencer Elden) – Hayati EvrenMask Resort – Tatsuya Tanaka2020 Shaving – KutukoMasked Kisses – Alireza Karimi MoghaddamThe New Normal (from Lady and the Tramp) – Steve CuttsNightmare – Victor SolísWhen the fear of dying becomes fear of “living” [I won’t die… I don’t wanna die…] – PubbleHygiene is Important – Oğuz GürelCovid [So, I’ll explain. You can be: a possible case, a probable case, a confirmed case, a contact case at risk, a contact case with negligible risk, or finally, an asymptomatic case …] [And if I have nothing, what am I ?] [A conspiracy theorist.] – FCAMasked Kiss by Pony Wave in Venice Beach (California) – Photo: Mario Tama/Getty ImagesRésister à la tentation – Igor ParatteLove at the Time of Coronavirus – Elisabetta Lo GrecoLuxury Masks – ValottPaper Prohibited in Bistros – ValottBank Job – Natalie DupilleMask Business (feat. Scrooge McDuck) – ValottClean Money – Oğuz GürelThe Persistence of Virus (from 1931 The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí) – Hayati EvrenEdvard Munch with The Scream Mask – Ertan AtayThe Scream – Yulia Tabolkina for Getty Museum ChallengeCovid Art History – ValottThree Masked Monkeys – Ahmet YazıcıModern Matryoshka – Dave CoverlyNature Takes Back Its Rights – ValottWho’s Speaking – Jason Adam KatzensteinChristmas, against all odds – IxèneA Very Covid Christmas – Dave GranlundJust anywhere throughout the year vs. December 2020 – Kim DuChateauSmart Working – Gatis SlukaCrucifixus – Justin PetersThe Great Robbery by Goin – Photo: Andrea BerleseReconnecting – Steve Cutts
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