Lockdown
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Creativity in the Time of COVID-19
- Copyright Status
- In Copyright
- Date
- 2019/2022
- Artists
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Bari, Chandrakant Kumar
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , in art
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Drawings (visual works)
Textile art (visual works)
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No linguistic content
- Extent
- 1 drawing, 5 face masks
- Genre Note
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Mithila painting and handmade paper, nib and acrylics
- Exhibit Label
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"Lockdown" shows the devastating effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in India had on working-class people; it was like being crushed under a mountain. This was especially true in the Bihar region, where the working-class people suffered more than most. The Bihari often work the least desirable jobs for low pay and often travel thousands of kilometers to find better employment in other states. For this reason, many Indians look down upon the Bihari, considering them inferior. This became even more evident during the global pandemic. When the lockdown was imposed, most working-class Biharis were dismissed from their work. The government adopted unjust policies, leaving the Bihari laborers to fend for themselves. Due to this, most Biharis returned to their villages, traveling on foot for long distances, often between 1000-1500 kilometers. To exacerbate the poverty and prejudiced policy of the government, two months after the lockdown, floods hit the region and caused yet another disaster. --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 3: Lockdown. Part 01
A black and white paper mithila painting with 5 sections and an intricate border. In the top left a person with a ponytail is doing yoga stretches, and in the middle keyhole shape, a person with long, wavy hair is wearing a sari holding a baby and something over their head. In the top right are two people with light hair and stethoscopes, in the bottom left are two people, one with light hair and a broom wearing a sari and the other kneeling down with a broom and dustpan wearing a t-shirt. On the right, in a wavy half-circle, is a person with light hair handing out a facemask to three heads with dark hair, frowning. To the right is a person with dark wavy hair, sitting with several facemasks laid out on a table, wearing a sari and patterned headpiece.
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Drawings (visual works)
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- 1 drawing
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2 of 3: Lockdown. Part 02
A facemask, folded in half with one side showing a pattern of a fish in a circle and leaves spread out from the sides. The pattern on the facemask is mostly black lines on a white background with hints of red, yellow and blue in the fish and green and yellow hints in the leaves.
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Textile art (visual works)
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- 1 face mask
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3 of 3: Lockdown. Part 03
Four painted mandala-like patterned face masks, folded in half, and laid out in a circle with the straps facing inward in a pile. Three of the patterns on the facemasks are triangular, and two are shaped like large circles with little triangles or rounded half circles surrounding the outside of the inner circle. The patterns have striped lines, zig-zags, polka-dots, and smaller triangle and leaf shapes repeated to create a pattern. The base of the facemasks are white with black lines and hints of red, yellow, dark green, lime green, and orange.
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Textile art (visual works)
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- 4 face masks
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