REIGNING COVID

2022

Obtanium: maple, maple plywood, fabric, 600 yards of thread, pleather, fishing pole, plastic laminate, rain gauge, 1,200 plastic beads (hand-painted), magnets, black lacquer

55” x 45” x 3”

January-May 2022. Spring 2022 marked two years since the COVID-19 shutdown. A human figure holds a rain gauge with red-plastic balss, representing the COVID-19 virus. The container overflows in 2022 and spills out onto the floor. While the population has achieved widespread immunity from vaccines and infection, and death is statistically lower, we are still dealing with the virus and its aftermaths.