Discover Quarantine Art

Discover Quarantine Art, now surfacing on social media to give information. And also, some much-needed humour

- Sweta Akundi

From inside drab monotone shutter windows, an old man and his granddaughter spread colour. The bearded man plays his violin and the girl, a banjo. Beneath the window, it seems as though paint is peeling offthe wall. But on closer inspection, it reveals itself to be a world map.

“This one’s for the world,” reads the caption.

Putting a fresh spin

Inspired by videos of Italians singing on balconies and spreading cheer during a tough period of national lockdown, this painting was put up by Adrian, a 20-year-old student from Bucharest, Romania, on his Instagram account (@ayepixel).

Over the past couple of weeks, as the world practises social distancing to fight the pandemic of COVID-19 and many countries go into lockdown, artists have taken to Instagram in droves. Accounts of ‘Quarantine Art’ have started surfacing on social media. These collate artwork revolving around the pandemic from different countries. Some give out information, others a much-needed dose of humour.

For Adrian, the issue is immediate: his parents are in Milan, Italy, while he is under lockdown with his grandmother in the Romanian countryside.