We Have To Fight For Change

In Collections: Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

Copyright Status: In Copyright

Date: 2019/2022

Artists: Omri, Zed

Subjects: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in art

Material Type: Paintings (visual works)
Drawings (visual works)

Language: English

Extent: 2 paintings, 2 drawings

Genre Note: Large Acrylic Painting on A1 paper, Pencil, Watercolor, Ink Lettering on Paper, and Digital Illustration

Exhibit Label: The large A1 red and blue painting with the lettering "we have to fight for change" and scribbly portraits over lots of scribbled lettering were based on my anger and desire to fight and protest as a young person during the pandemic when we were constantly inundated with bad news. Most notably, these were created shortly after the murder of George Floyd, so the BLM riots during the pandemic largely informed this work. --Label design by exhibit curator Nancy DeJoy. Labels written by Ben Lash and his team in consultation with artist statements.

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1 of 4: We Have To Fight For Change. Part 01

A painting done on paper. The painting is separated into two sides, one red and one blue. The red side has white lettering, reading "WE HAVE TO FIGHT FOR CHANGE", and the blue side depicts a person wearing a mask, saying "Your teenagers are angry and fighting. We care more about systemic racism & climate change than a lot of u. We won't rest until we r all free." There is a black line going horizontally through both sides and another line going down vertically on the blue side.

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Material Type: Paintings (visual works)

Extent: 1 painting

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2 of 4: We Have To Fight For Change. Part 02

A scanned drawing done in pencil and colored pencil of two people, sketched over mostly illegible writing on a white background. The person on the left is blue, wearing a mask, striped shirt, and has short hair. The person on the right is red, with longer hair and bangs. There are scribbles of red, blue and purple surrounding the two people. The handwriting is covered by the people and scribbles, backwards, and in different proportions. Some of the writing reads "how can anyone be surprised that our generation has such shit mental health after u lot well and true f!cked it" and "there is a 40 week wait for gender services in the UK and it is not gonna get any better because our government doesn't care."

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Material Type: Drawings (visual works)

Extent: 1 drawing

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3 of 4: We Have To Fight For Change. Part 03

A mixed media digital and painted poster with a dark watercolor background. At the top left corner there is a set of hands with a lit match in the left and cash in the right, setting the Earth on fire. To the right is a pistol. In the center there is a laptop with the logos for Facebook and Twitter, next to three extended fists. There is a person at the bottom of the poster shielding their face. Dark blue text throughout the poster reads "Billionaires wealth rises to $10.2 trillion amid COVID crisis", "Sixth mass extinction of wildlife accelerating, scientists warn", "Protests about police brutality are met with waves of more police brutality across U.S.", "wildfires rage across California", "Polish women travel abroad for abortions ahead of law change" and "Free school meals: the Tory MPs defending refusal to support campaign".

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Material Type: Mixed media works
Paintings (visual works)

Extent: 1 mixed media art piece

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4 of 4: We Have To Fight For Change. Part 04

A drawing divided into four panels done in a sketchy, watercolor style. Panel 1: In the top panel is a blue couch with a figure lying across it. In the corner of this panel is the word "Home" circled in red with three arrows coming off the circle: wording off of the first arrow reads "Quiet no people that I don't want to see"; the second arrow reads "familiar"; and the third arrow reads "Safe: no unexpected surprises." Panel 2: A square with a blue watercolor-style background. There is a brown cabinet with a tv that is off resting on top of it. In the center of the panel is a hand holding a tv remote. Panel 3: In the same perspective as panel 2 with the cabinet and the tv. But, the tv is displaying a graph steadily increasing. The TV reads "UK coronavirus death toll passes 75,000" in red. The bottom of the screen reads "Christmas restrictions being deba". Surrounding the TV are red scribbles. Panel 4: The same blue watercolor background. There is a box creating a border in the panel. Spanning the inside the box, two hands, one blue and one red, reach out to each other. In the left upper corner of the box are gravestones. In the bottom left corner there is a blue surgical mask. On the right side is a doctor wearing an apron, mask, face shield, goggles, and gloves. Written repeatedly in red in the center of the panel is "This is never going to end." Overlapping that writing reads "How many more" five times. The figure from the first panel stands in front, only the back of their head and shoulders visible.

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Material Type: Drawings (visual works)

Extent: 1 drawing

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