'Will we ever hug again?': Public art in response to the global pandemic
On 28 December 2020 a sculpture of the largest medical mask was revealed in Ukraine Entitled 'Cover Yourself With a Mask', the work is part of a social campaign aimed at drawing attention to people’s mental health during the pandemic. It joins many public art interventions in response to the pandemic. At first sight the mask, which was revealed on 28 December 2020, exists as a marker to encourage the public to adhere to one of the World Health Organisation’s regulations to wear a mask while in public spaces. However in addition to this, masks have become a marker of the pandemic, ...
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