Pandemic's Effects On Artists' Lives, Society On Display In 'Untitled, 2020' The pandemic has taken a significant toll on arts venues and on creators. But some artists also recognize the positives that have come from the forced changes in their lives — in particular, three artists whose work appears in an exhibition at the Portland Museum of Art’s current show, “Untitled, 2020: Art from Maine in a _____ Time.” “With 2020 came a global pandemic that forced fight or flight. I came to Maine and temporarily moved into Grandma’s old mobile home,” says Eleanor Kipping in a video essay, walking in a red dress through the long grass of a bucolic field in northern Maine. On the left side of the split screen are a series of close-up shots of city architecture that unfurl into images of bodegas and black musicians.