Artists in a Post-George Floyd, Mid-Pandemic World Two new exhibitions at Mass MoCA created over the past year offer insights into our new normal. “Close to You,” an exhibition at Mass MoCA, gathers works that address the need to remake connections. Maren Hassinger’s “Love” includes pink bags filled with love notes — expressions of care when touch has been impossible.Credit...Will McLaughlin By Aruna D’Souza May 13, 2021Updated 11:21 a.m. ET Two shows that recently opened at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art are keyed to our new normal: One came into being during the most restrictive moments of the pandemic; the other, though long planned, shifted its focus as these past, momentous months unfolded. Conceptually, both address the questions — personal and political — that are on many minds at the moment.