(c) Betty Butler, I Can't Breathe, Print, 2020
This artwork speaks to a collision between the crises of the murder of George Floyd and the US, reaching 100,000 COVID-19 deaths. Ideas for I Can’t Breathe came to me as I watched TV and heard George Floyd’s last words, which echoed the words of seriously ill and dying COVID-19 patients. Visually, I envisioned unwarranted police violence, multiplying virus particles, facial masks, and a general sense of chaos.
(c) Betty Butler, Escape Plan, Print, 2020
Escape Plan portrays an urban environment, with tightly packed people. They anxiously experience the virus hovering above.
This digital collage it reflects the terror and unknowns of the pandemic as people learn to socially distance.
All three images were included in this group exhibition, Art During the Time of COVID-19, the Bauhaus Gallery, Rome, Italy, December 2020
