Coping with Covid-19 Through Art

Art: Nakrob Moonmanas puts a Covid-19 spin on Édouard Manet’s The Luncheon On The Grass. 

A source of inspiration for artwork doesn’t have to always be something positive. Some Thai artists have turned the coronavirus and its resulting consequences into their muse. Here are a few favourites:

– Nakrob Moonmanas, who’s known for his collage work of Western art and Thai elements, adds a Thai style female angel in Vincent van Gogh’s Bedroom In Arles in a piece he named Isolation Odyssey.He also puts a Covid-19 spin on Édouard Manet’s The Luncheon On The Grass. The iconic nude female wears a diver helmet and a mask and is paired with what seems to be a shirtless man. What’s with chada headdresses and floating goldfish and carps, you ask? We guess that’s why this piece is called Pisces. […]

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