Sonia
- Creator
- Laika | @laika_mcmliv
- Title
- Sonia
- Coverage
- Rome, Italy
- Date Created
- 2020-02-04
- Contributor
- https://www.wantedinrome.com/news/coronavirus-rome-mural-tackles-xenophobia.html; Posted on the artist's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/B8I_uU2oLPO/
- Source
- Located on the Via Principe Amedeo, near the market at Piazza Vittorio in Rome's Chinatown. From the artist's Instagram: "laika_mcmliv
C’è in giro un’epidemia di ignoranza... Dobbiamo proteggerci!!! Gli unici virus che dobbiamo estirpare sono il razzismo e la psicosi. Sosteniamo la comunità cinese in questo momento difficile. Daje @soniahangzhou ! Daje tutti!
#jenesuispasunvirus #coronavirus #china #italia
#laika 🇨🇳🇮🇹" - Description
- Depicts Sonia, owner of popular Hang Zhou restaurant located nearby, wearing a face mask and PPE while holding a bowl of rice with chopsticks. Text in Italian says “There’s an epidemic of ignorance going around…we must protect ourselves.”
- Rights
- Artist: @laika_mcmliv
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- UAM-C19_0033
Citation
Laika | @laika_mcmliv, “Sonia,” Urban Art Mapping: Covid-19 Street Art , accessed June 8, 2026, https://covid19streetart.omeka.net/items/show/45.
