Art print
Production date
2020
Country
Australia
State/Province
Queensland
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Object detail
Description
Artwork print depicting two white standing figures holding placards with masked kneeling figure in blue against a red/brown and white background.
Inscription: /Day 70 #isoart/ I/ CAN'T/ BREATHE/ ALL/ LIVES/ MATTER/ HATE CANNOT DRIVE/ OUT HATE/ ONLY LOVE CAN/ DRIVE OUT HATE/
Inscription: /Day 70 #isoart/ I/ CAN'T/ BREATHE/ ALL/ LIVES/ MATTER/ HATE CANNOT DRIVE/ OUT HATE/ ONLY LOVE CAN/ DRIVE OUT HATE/
Classification
FINE ARTS Prints
FINE ARTS Paintings watercolour
FINE ARTS Paintings watercolour
Maker
Production date
2020
Production place
Measurements
Height 296mm x Width 209mm x Depth 1mm
Media/Materials description
Paper/card
Signature/Marks
/Day 70 #isoart/ I/ CAN'T/ BREATHE/ ALL/ LIVES/ MATTER/ HATE CANNOT DRIVE/ OUT HATE/ ONLY LOVE CAN/ DRIVE OUT HATE/
/ 3/6/20 J Lishman/
/ 3/6/20 J Lishman/
History and use
The SARS-Cov2 pandemic which swept the world in 2020 resulted in unprecedented national and state-wide lockdowns to reduce the spread of the virus. By April 2020, about half of the world's population was under some form of lockdown, with almost four billion people in more than ninety countries or territories having been asked or ordered to stay at home by their governments. During the first wave of the pandemic, Australia entered a general nationwide lockdown on 23 March 2020.
Making sense through creative expression, has long been an adaptive and response to crises. Responding personally to the imposed isolation and enforced leisure time precipitated by the lockdown, Jenny Lishman produced an artwork for each day of lockdown. A Brisbane artist and former art teacher, Jenny's life 'changed in all kinds of ways and this project gave structure to my days. There was a growing joy in dreaming up the theme for the following day, so much so that I would start it the evening before and complete it in the morning'.
At once, deeply personal, but each also a social document, the artworks record Jenny's day to day thoughts, experiences and feelings, connections with friends, family, and neighbours, the introduction of mask-wearing and State border restrictions. Many are scenes from her Grange home where she has a studio overlooking Lanham Park and Kedron Brook bikeway.
From both a social and historic perspective and from a local standpoint, the artworks provide a visual and physical record of this highly significant moment in world history and are a tangible memoir of life in lockdown from a personal perspective. As a window into community responses to the pandemic and to each other during this period, they record aspects of day-to-day life as freedoms were gradually re-introduced into their lives - spending time with friends, having meals at restaurants - as cases and deaths due to Covid19 subsided in the latter half of the year.
Making sense through creative expression, has long been an adaptive and response to crises. Responding personally to the imposed isolation and enforced leisure time precipitated by the lockdown, Jenny Lishman produced an artwork for each day of lockdown. A Brisbane artist and former art teacher, Jenny's life 'changed in all kinds of ways and this project gave structure to my days. There was a growing joy in dreaming up the theme for the following day, so much so that I would start it the evening before and complete it in the morning'.
At once, deeply personal, but each also a social document, the artworks record Jenny's day to day thoughts, experiences and feelings, connections with friends, family, and neighbours, the introduction of mask-wearing and State border restrictions. Many are scenes from her Grange home where she has a studio overlooking Lanham Park and Kedron Brook bikeway.
From both a social and historic perspective and from a local standpoint, the artworks provide a visual and physical record of this highly significant moment in world history and are a tangible memoir of life in lockdown from a personal perspective. As a window into community responses to the pandemic and to each other during this period, they record aspects of day-to-day life as freedoms were gradually re-introduced into their lives - spending time with friends, having meals at restaurants - as cases and deaths due to Covid19 subsided in the latter half of the year.
Associated person
Registration number
H50471
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