Masks: A reflection (of the Covid-19 pandemic)

Recently I have been thinking about how I associate language with my nationality. As the Covid-19 pandemic has progressed I have recorded the new phrases that have quickly become part of our daily use. As a contemporary artist I think it’s rare for people worldwide to have such a similar experience within the same period of time. It therefore seems obvious to me to produce artwork around this theme. Masks perhaps signify this shared experience more than anything else, becoming protection for ourselves, other people, and even as fashion statements or expressions of individuality. This is despite our facial emotions and visual communication being hidden and thus restricting our social interactions with one-another. Hopefully one day we can visually reconnect without so much of a need for these. Despite all of the anxiety and sadness the one thing that prevails is hope represented by the many rainbows displayed during lockdown.

This is an installation artwork that I feel everyone can relate to.

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Materials: Masks: Float glass

                   Rainbow: Bullseye glass.

Dimensions (mm) - Tile: 600 W x 600 D x 10 H

                                 - Mask: 150 W x 40 H x 105 D

                                 - Rainbow: 360 W x 110 H x 120 D

Weight: 12.5 kg

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Date: May 2021

Photos: © 2021 Daniel Rollitt

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#masks #covid-19 #vaccine #hope #glassart

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Picked as Artist of the month at ArtJobs.com, June 2021

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Featured in The Flux Review Virtual Exhibition Part I, Aug-Sept 2021

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