Portraits of Now
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Title
Portraits of Now
Description
Portraits of Now is an altered artist’s book that reflects themes and challenges of 2020 in America, mainly focused on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The original book, or the canvas, is titled The Portraits of John Howard Sanden (2001). Portraits of Now plays with the solitary medium of portraiture to portray the loneliness that has accompanied the pandemic. In the altered version of the book, Sanden's collection of portraits has been modified to provide the context of the U.S.'s year while also representing several pandemic identities: the researcher, the Senator, the waiter/everyman, the luxurious stay-at-homer, the nurse, the family, the grey suit, the preacher, the spreader, and the patient.
Creator
Meredith Day
Contributor
Student
Coverage
Davidson College
Date Created
12/03/2020
Files
Citation
meday, “Portraits of Now,” (Re)Collecting COVID-19: Davidson & Lake Norman Stories, accessed September 20, 2024, https://test.davidsonarchivesandspecialcollections.org/items/show/40.