The streets are often empty, coronavirus restrictions keeping many Angelenos from venturing out. But when we do, street artists have been leaving coronavirus-inspired work for us to find.
It ranges from Ruben Rojas calling for us to pull together:
To Hijack's dystopian take on cleaning:
You'll also find pieces like Rasmus Balstrøm's gas-masked figure and Teachr1's focus on bathroom essentials (especially for those of us without bidets):
Jeremy Novy says putting up his art right now helps him cope with how he's feeling, instead of sitting at home, worrying.
"I'm trying to deal with my own anxiety, and my own feeling of being disempowered," Novy said. "We don't know what tomorrow holds — we're kind of sitting here waiting — and making art and putting it up makes me feel like I'm somehow empowered over the situation."
Artist Cat Donuts, who's majoring in studio art, finds doing street art therapeutic. (She declined to be identified by name given the dubious legality of street art.)
"If I feel like I'm in a bad mood, I just say 'Well, I'm gonna go out and paint tonight — let's see where I can go,'" she said.
Her latest images, which she put up Sunday night, call for good hygiene practices.
For the full story from Mike Roe of LAist, visit the source, here: https://laist.com/2020/03/27/coronavirus-la-street-art-artists-covid-19.php
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