Untitled (Fighting the Epidemic)
face masks; didactic text; young man; virus
A young, male figure wearing a face mask. The artist is painting a rendition of the coronavirus on the man's chest. Text reads: “By fighting the epidemic, we protect the human being and preserve the earth”
street art
southern Gaza Strip
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-06
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-street-art-in-pictures
Photograph: Mohammed Abed/AFP/Getty Images
HS
murals
Arabic
Still Image
UAM-C19-0011
Rafah
Untitled (Coronavirus as enemy)
virus; face masks; enemy
On the left, a man and a woman wear face masks; on the right side, a man in a helmet looks through binoculars, as if on the look-out for an enemy. In between these groups of figures, there is text that says (in Indonesian) "Opponent Corona." The background consists of abstract representations of the virus in shades of blue and green.
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-06
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-street-art-in-pictures
https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-street-art-in-pictures
HS
murals
Indonesian
Still Image
UAM-C19_0020
Surabaya
Untitled (Handwashing)
didactic; handwashing; instructions; hands; towels; water; soap
Panel-by-panel demo on how to wash hands. The left image show a pair of hands under running water. The center image shows a purple pair of hands rubbing together with soap bubbles around them. The right image shows pink hand using a towel to dry off.
James Mosher
Logan Square, Chicago
Panel-by-panel demo on how to wash hands.
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-11
https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/04/14/photos-street-art-that-emerged-over-the-coronavirus-pandemic/
Photograph: AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh
CD
murals
Still Image
UAM-C19_0092
Chicago
Untitled (Stay Healthy Campaign)
public service campaign; stay healthy; hand sanitizer; face masks; hand washing
This image is one of a series of walls painted around the city of Dakar promoting various steps one can take to stay healthy. This panel depicts a woman wearing a colorful headwrap, caught in the middle of a sneeze or cough. Her eyes are closed, and she covers her mouth and nose with a tissue. Text below reads (in French): "se couvrir le nez et la bouche avec un mouchoir a jeter pour tousser ou eterneur" (translation: cover your nose and mouth with a tissue for coughing and sneezing and throw it away).
RBS Collective/Radikl Bomb Shot Collective
Partnership with Dakar’s Cheikh Anta Diop University (commissioned).
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-01
https://www.voanews.com/science-health/coronavirus-outbreak/senegals-graffiti-artists-offer-covid-19-information-murals
Alpha Sy
HS
murals
French
Still Image
UAM-C19_0029
Dakar
Untitled (Covid-19 warning sign)
virus; didactic; ironic; signs
A warning sign in a skatepark shows the coronavirus in black on a white background surrounded by a red triangle. Below is a white rectangular sign with Covid-19 written in black.
Angusart85
Sign in skatepark
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-09
https://www.boredpanda.com/coronavirus-themed-street-art-around-the-world/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
Photograph: angusart85
CD
interventions on signs
English
Still Image
UAM-C19_0076
Bristol
Untitled (Sad Viruses)
virus; social distancing
Extremely large representations of the virus of are scattered across the pavement. The viruses are frowning and sweating.
Located at a market set up temporarily at a bus stand during government-imposed lock-down.
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-10
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/coronavirus-street-art
©Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images
HS
street art
Still Image
UAM-C19_0038
Chennai
Untitled (Face mask or death)
face mask; death; didactic; Arabic
A bifurcated face appears floating against an orange-speckled background. One half of the face shows a man wearing a face mask; the other half shows a skull, including that failure to wear a face mask can result in death. Text in Arabic reads "Stay Aware"
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-10
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/coronavirus-street-art
©Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images
HS
murals
Arabic
Still Image
UAM-C19-0040
Khartoum
Untitled (Take it Seriously)
virus; public service announcement; didactic
A giant anthropomorphic virus with an ominous grin holds the limp bodies of its victims in its hands. Text in Arabic reads "the Corona that dislike sickens you," and in English "tak[e] it seriously"
Aziz Al-Asmar
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-10
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/coronavirus-street-art
©Muhammad Haj Kadour/AFP/Getty Images
HS
murals
Arabic and English
Still Image
UAM-C19_0042
Binnish
Untitled (Covid virus ball and chain)
virus; lockdown; imprisonment
A large (life-size) stencil of a man who is encumbered by a green virus, connected to his ankle as a ball-and-chain.
The Rebel Bear
Bath Street, location: G2 2DL
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-02
Posted on the artist's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B-fYdv0jOVu/
@the.rebel.bear
HS
stencils
Still Image
UAM-C19_0055
Glasgow
Covid 19 "Tha Virus"
public service announcement; didactic; hand washing; social distancing; stay home; lockdown; virus; cough; statistics
On the left side of the panel, a caricature of a man with a mullet and backwards trucker's cap coughs, expelling large red viruses. There is a great deal of text in this panel, reading "COVID 19 "Tha Virus" Pandemic that infects the entire world ca't stop it, but we slow it and flatten tha curve. Stay in, stay home, safe an connected from a distance. Wash your hands 10 times a day an please stop touching yo face!! It may seem surreal but its not--Love to all Smokey April 2020. World Death Count 44156 Confirmed 883225 Recovered 189377
James Hardy/Smokey Devil/Smokey D
Downtown Eastside neighborhood; partnership with city of Vancouver
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-07
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vancouver-street-artists-provide-coronavirus-advice-to-canada-s-most-vulnerable-communities?fbclid=IwAR0dFGUJBTPesdtaheScX_iGqVv4NPBqWNfhmTNwbHn5P3xQC7tjytXc82A
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vancouver-street-artists-provide-coronavirus-advice-to-canada-s-most-vulnerable-communities?fbclid=IwAR0dFGUJBTPesdtaheScX_iGqVv4NPBqWNfhmTNwbHn5P3xQC7tjytXc82A
HS
murals
Still Image
UAM-C19_0101
Vancouver
Kill Th' Mo' Fo' Covid 19!
face mask; respirator; virus; defense; cure
A yellow cartoon boy wearing a black and white striped shirt and a face mask attacks the coronavirus by with a hypodermic needle/ray gun. Text (in red) reads Kill Th' Mo' Fo' Covid 19!
Boy
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-20
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vancouver-street-artists-provide-coronavirus-advice-to-canada-s-most-vulnerable-communities?fbclid=IwAR0dFGUJBTPesdtaheScX_iGqVv4NPBqWNfhmTNwbHn5P3xQC7tjytXc82A
https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vancouver-street-artists-provide-coronavirus-advice-to-canada-s-most-vulnerable-communities?fbclid=IwAR0dFGUJBTPesdtaheScX_iGqVv4NPBqWNfhmTNwbHn5P3xQC7tjytXc82A
HS
murals
Still Image
UAM-C19-0102
Vancouver
Wash Your Hands
hand washing; public service announcement; didactic; political satire
A poster reading WA$H YOUR HANDS followed by the signature Absurdly Well. The use of the $ in Wash politicizes the message.
Absurdly Well
absurdlywell
🦠🧼👋ðŸ¾âœ¨ #spottedinthewild by @logancirclems .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.#covidconspiracy #covit19 #911 #coronavirus #coronamemes #coronavirusmemes
#washyourhands #covid #sham #covid19news #conspiracy #thegovernmentlie #sleepyjoe #creepyjoe #americangangster #thegovernmentdoesntcare #thegovernmentdoesntcareaboutyou #absurdlywell #washingtondc #dccorona #selfquarantine #hatersgonnahate #wheatpaste #communitylove #wholefoodsdiet #targetclearance #holdontodearlife #wisdomteeth #guccieditorials
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-03-19
Posted on the artist's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B96uZcTBp6z/
@absurdlywell
HS
Wheatpaste
Still Image
UAM-C19_0110
Washington
Untitled (healthcare workers)
face masks; scrubs; healthcare workers; appreciation; quarantine; lockdown; social distancing; sacrifice
Three healthcare workers stand together, speaking in unison with one text bubble reading: "We're working for your benefit. Please stay in for ours." One of the healthcare workers (man) wears a face mask, but the other two (women) do not. One of the women wears a hijab. Text on the right side reads "...and to all those previously unappreciated by vital workers! [heart] x [heart] x. There are several tags on this wall, but not disrupting the mural.
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-08
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-street-art-murals_n_5e8c7291c5b6e1a2e0fa049a
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-street-art-murals_n_5e8c7291c5b6e1a2e0fa049a
HS
mural
Still Image
UAM-C19_0112
Bristol
Stay at Home
face mask; nations; virus; earth; unity; connected
At the center, a young female figure wears a face mask. In front of her we see the skyline of a city and Earth with the words "Stay at Home." Flags of various nations are suspended behind her. To the sides we see abstract forms and renditions of the coronavirus.
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-04-08
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-street-art-murals_n_5e8c7291c5b6e1a2e0fa049a
Associated Press
HS
murals
Still Image
UAM-C19_124
Jakarta
Soap and Prayers
prayers; wash hands; soap
A pair of praying hands that is lightly bounded with a string. This string is connected to a bar of soap and there are bubbles around the hands.
Jeremy Novy
Part of a series. From the artist's Instagram: jeremynovy
Soap and Prayers #jeremynovy #soaponarope #coronavirus #novy #stencil #poster #wheatepaste #graffiti #streetart #washyourhands #soapandprayers #socialdistancing #coronavirusstreetart #covid19streetart
Dr. Mike Klein, students in the Spring 2020 honors seminar,
2020-03-25
@jeremynovy
@jeremynovy
MO
stencils
Still Image
UAM-C19_0140
Los Angeles
Boomer Remover
Sanitation; boomers
"Artistic representation of a trend that pissed off a generation forced to look at itself." -Jilly Ballistic. The drawing of the cleaning product is titled "boomer remover." This represents a sanitizing of society through COVID-19.
Jilly Ballistic
Dr. Mike Klein, students in the Spring 2020 honors seminar,
2020-03-13
@jillyballistic
@jillyballistic
SN
paper
Still Image
UAM-C19_0148
New York City
Untitled (Wash your Hands)
sanitation; Ruth Bader Ginsburg; didactic; disease prevention; women's history month
A note of celebration to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, reminding the public to wash their hands to the tune of Happy Birthday.
Jilly Ballistic
Dr. Mike Klein, students in the Spring 2020 honors seminar
2020-03-15
@jillyballistic
@jillyballistic
paper
UAM-C19_0149
New York City
Spread No Virus
face mask; virus; contagion; cycles of contagion; 1918 flu pandemic
A wheatpaste image of a young boy dressed in early 20th century clothing (possibly a reference to 1918 flu pandemic). He wears a face mask. Stenciled text reads "SPREAD NO VIRUS"
Jilly Ballistic
Dr. Mike Klein, students in the Spring 2020 honors seminar,
2020-03-18
@jillyballistic on Instagram
@plannedalism; @jillyballistic
SN
stencils; wheatpasting
Still Image
UAM-C19_0151
New York City
Untitled (Don't be Revolting, Wash Your Hands)
disinfectant; hand washing; didactic
A stencil with black paint depicting an fist of power, holding a soap pump. Accompanied by the bold text 'Don't be revolting, wash your hands'.
John D'Oh
Dr. Mike Klein, students in the Spring 2020 honors seminar
2020-04-15
@johndohart
@johndohart
RD
stencils
Still Image
Bristol
Untitled (Stay safe)
didactic; hand washing; face masks; public service announcement
Didactic murals that explain, in clear visual language, the importance of hand washing and face masks in preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
Brian Musasia Wanyande/Msale
From The Guardian: "A street artist called Msale has taken it upon himself to create giant murals bringing public health messages directly to the overcrowded Mathare slum in Nairobi. With half a million people living in such 'a squeezed area' social distancing is quite impossible to achieve, says Msale, so he is providing information for people on how to keep safe in the 'simplest, clearest' way he knows."
Dr. Heather Shirey
2020-05-04
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/may/04/the-coronavirus-murals-trying-to-keep-kenyas-slums-safe-video
Video still from The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2020/may/04/the-coronavirus-murals-trying-to-keep-kenyas-slums-safe-video; Still image from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/coronavirus-street-art-murals_n_5e8c7291c5b6e1a2e0fa049a
HS
murals
Still Image
UAM-C19_0179
Nairobi