Pandemic Art
What happens to Art in a Pandemic?
Because the Pandemic is still going…
Art, such a short three-letter word, sounds so simple, so small, but we have given it so much power over the years it has become a force to be reckoned with. Art is not just Art it comes in many mediums, which are broken down chronologically, geographically, and by era. Art is as old as the Paleolithic Era when cavemen told stories by painting on cave walls. We have come a long way since the creation of the first cave paintings, and each day art continues to grow and change as the world does.
But what would happen if the world stood still? What would happen to Art then? Does it stand still, too? Does it diminish into nothing? Or… does it thrive!
2020 helped test this query because it was the year the world came to know of the COVID-19 Pandemic. When the Pandemic hit, it was not instantaneous that the world stopped, and it did not truly stop because time continued, but it did slow down tremendously. If Art evolves with the times and as the world moves, then Art must stand still when the world does right…Right? No!
Art continues on while wondering when the world will catch up. If we as artists waited around each time for the world to figure out how not to be a chaotic mess, we would never create. The close connection between Art and history shows us that Art does thrive in the chaos as much as it does in the calm; it just thrives differently; it alters itself to go along with the times it is given.
Art has given us thousands of masters and masterpieces over the centuries. Each lived through a different chaotic mess the world was dealing with during their prime, and it did not merely survive the hardships, but it thrived then too.
Therefore, Art is thriving during the Pandemic even though the world is going haywire Art is going forward. Artists are experimenting, exploring, and creating as they always do, except more of them are doing in isolation, and more of their explorations are closer to home than before.
What are some explorations or experiments you have done in Art since this Pandemic hit? Have you knitted a sweater, painted a portrait, or drawn a doodle. If not I highly encourage you to dive into this Covid-19 creative rush, click here it see how the world is seeing art today! Also comment below with your creations; I would love to see some beautiful Pandemic Art!