#artofsocialdistancing
When quarantine began, I started #sundayintheparkwithoutgeorge, re-imagining fine art in the age of COVID-19.
I attended a poster workshop where I made the PSA to the left. This inspired me to turn these "memes" into PSAs.
And if you have an idea for an artwork to manipulate, either something in your collection or just a favorite piece, or you are interested in using these in your communications, please contact me.
Game night, 1890... and now
Paul Cezanne, The Card Players, 1890, Bequest of Stephen C. Clark, 1960, Metropolitan Museum of Art
La Danse, 1910... and now
Henri Matisse, La Danse, 1910, Oil on canvas, The Hermitage, St. Petersberg
A full page of the Forward newspaper in 1931 featured an exhaustive account of the animation process at Fleischer Studios (best known for Betty Boop). Betty's original love interest was Bimbo, seen here, practicing social distancing. When we can return to normal activities, you can check out original metal printing plates of Bimbo and friends as part of an exhibition I designed about The Forward newspaper at the Museum at Eldridge Street.
Michelangelo is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting
Paris 1907... Paris 2020
Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Paris, June-July 1907, Museum of Modern Art, NY
#sundayintheparkwithoutgeorge
Georges Seurat, A Sunday on La Grande Jatte, 1884, Helen Birch Bartlett Memorial Collection, Art Institute of Chicago