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  • Collection: Battling the Virus: Didactic Imagery

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A blue cat with five eyes and horns is joined by three ghosts. Text reads "Hey all U cool cats and kitten. Wash UR paws."

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"Unmasked Terror" is spray-painted in red around two figures. One figure appears to be scaring another person since they are unmasked. The other figure, who is masked, appears frightened as they have their hands up to their face. A speech bubble from…

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A stencil of a coronavirus in orange, red, and black.

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A mural depicting a young man wearing a face mask. Text reads "Corona is real."

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"Lock Down 2 The Nightmare Before Christmas" is painted on the black wall of a pizza building. The words are written in red, blue, and yellow. Next to the phrase, is a blue figure in a Santa Clause costume. They have their hands covering their ears.

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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…

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Vancouver's iconic skyline is rendered in silhouette. Various curves showing infection/death rates are in the sky above the building. A beacon with the Rod of Asclepius lights up the sky, summoning help. Wonder Woman leaps powerfully up a…

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A mixed media mural created in the city of Rochester by community activist and artist Shawn Dunwoody as part of "Protect your Circle," a campaign aimed at spreading information about COVID-19 to communities of color. The piece features bilingual PSA…

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A large (life-size) stencil of a man who is encumbered by a green virus, connected to his ankle as a ball-and-chain.

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A retro image of a girl wearing a dress with a Peter Pan collar. She wears a face mask and holds a sign reading "Do Your Part Stay Apart" with hearts.

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"Hide Yo Grandma" is written in white on a purple virus ball.

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A black planchette ouija board piece reads "Wash Your Hands Or Else."

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A female with a blue face mask and red apron holds a serving tray with a blue Covid virus ball.

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"Surfs Up! And So Is Covid" is written next to a blue wave with a sunset.

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A wheatpasting depicts an orange and white traffic cone with hands. In between the hands is a bar of soap and soap suds. Scattered throughout the cone are human eyes.

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A wheatpasting depicts an orange and red traffic cone with a white coating over it. Around the cone is an N95 blue face mask. Scattered throughout the cone are human eyes and small virus balls.

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Graffiti of Batman holding a thermometer gun in Oaxaca City, Mexico. Text in black spray paint reads “quedate en casa”, which translates to “stay at home.”

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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”

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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…

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Extremely large representations of the virus of are scattered across the pavement. The viruses are frowning and sweating.
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