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  • Collection: Battling the Virus: Didactic Imagery

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On a black wall, a woman with an artistically distorted face raises a fist in the air next to spray painted text which reads "PUT A MASK ON FUCKERS." Her other hand is holding a frying pan, as a threat. The woman appears to be older and is wearing a…

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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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Graffiti warns about COVID-19 in the Mathare slums of Nairobi, Kenya in May 2020.

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This appears to have started as a street art piece depicting a medical professional aiming a vaccine syringe at the coronavirus that causes Covid-19. It was subsequently subject to graffiti, some of which has been buffed out. The word "SURVIVAL" is…

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Vibrant image of Selena wearing a face mask that reads "Homie: STAY HOME!"

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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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A large and colorful mural reading "Seu futuro está nas mãos" (translated as "your future is in your hands") with images of a young figure with respirator mask and a female doctor of Asian descent doing research using a microscope. Images of the…

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Picture of a boy in a black shirt with a smiley face bandanna covering his face.

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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.

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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"

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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…

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An image of a figure wearing a white hoodie, pink sunglasses and a face mask. Text accompanying the figure reads "Stay at Home" in Arabic. There are also green stylized representations of the coronavirus.

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A large wall mural showing close-up images of faces wearing face masks. Text reading "stay at home" is written on the masks in different scripts.
Statement from the artist: "It is of Sudanese people from different tribes, saying "Stay at home" in…

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A stencil of a wide-eyed child wearing a face masks. Red hearts appear at the cheeks. Text reads "Stay Safe Toronto."

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A purple smiley face reads "Still Covid Crazy" on the inside of the face.

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

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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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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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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 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.
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