Issue 15 - Artist Talk Magazine April 2021

David Nicol, Running on Empty - As a nurse I was sent to work on the covid ward in October 2020. By November I had contracted covid. I was lucky in that I had a mild case, but colleagues and friends did die. I was compelled to create this tribute to our keyworkers and to express and process my experiences through that work. With empty oxygen cylinders and discarded emojis littering the foreground, a keyworker is crucified, held in place by oxygen tubing. Above, a crudely rendered rainbow crowned with a poo emoji showers the keyworker with likes and hearts. The inscription on the cross reads MMXX – MMXXI above and below a key, the wards in the shape of Omega to symbolise every keyworker affected. 79

Issue 15 - Artist Talk Magazine April 2021

Published on Apr 26, 2021

Artist Talk Magazine

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Milne Publishing is proud to present Artist Talk Magazine issue 15. This issue is dedicated to Art in Isolation, your responses created during COVID-19. Everyone featured within this issue have given interesting, in-depth, honest accounts about themselves, their work, views and ideas. In addition to the amazing images of the work they have produced, which I know you the reader will enjoy and be inspired by. Thank you to everyone who entered our open call. The cover of this issue is by Clara Lemos, titled ‘Where to next’ Despite being an art lover for as long as I can remember, it was not until the beginning of 2021 that I decided to create my own art. In the middle of a global pandemic and going through a period of maternity leave, I felt that I needed to open up a new chapter in my life. I felt an immense need to cope with all the outside stress and anxiety to find a place of my own. My artwork is my response to the COVID-19 pandemic and my very personal way of finding meaning in isolation.

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