Quarantine diaries: Art that inspires power over a pandemic
Egyptian artist Mai Al Naga’s web series captures the highs and lows of life under coronavirus lockdown […] One theme prevalent in al-Naga’s art is that of class divisions, which is reflected in this Covid illustration that was inspired by the Oscar-winning South Korean movie Parasite, which spotlights the disparity between the country’s rich and poor. «I felt it was also very relevant to what was going on at the time, because I would see a lot of people complaining on Facebook about how they want to get out of the house and so on,» she says. […]