Two twenties.
Contemporary similarity: Two photos from 1920. There was a flu pandemic that year.
Nick Yapp: "The Hulton Getty Picture Collection 1920s" (sv+da+fi),
Könemann 2000. Page 268+269
Apart from superficial similarities the pandemic 100 years ago was a very different beast than the current one -- for a whole number of reasons, not least the fact that it erupted after many years of war.
Bad Bat Coroner
Drawing / contemporary: A sarcastic poster inspired by old movie posters and modern conspiracy theory
Bad Bat Coroner Virus. Pencil on printer paper. 2020. DIN A3.
As this is "contemporary" the finish and/or quality isn't important, so this idea was executed as a quick pencil sketch on low quality paper
From the tabloids
Mixed Media / collage:
"Contemporary female idols" (Will slowly fade to grey).
Collage of tabloid newspaper cutouts on black paper. 2020. A3 size
Fake news (II)
Painting (wowen): Another rare example of Contemporary Art:
Updated 2017-11-23, new photo:
Fake News II. Acrylics (stencil) on interwowen cover pages from Danish mainstream newspapers "Berlingske" and "Jyllands-Posten" (same day editions). 2017. Size "Tabloid".
Fake news (I)
Painting (wowen): A rare example of Contemporary Art from my hand:
Updated 2017-11-23, new photo:
Fake News I. Acrylics (stencil) on interwowen front pages from Danish mainstream newspapers "Kristeligt Dagblad" and "Politiken" (same day editions). 2017. Size "Broadsheet".