• Title
  Corona diary, April-March 2020 / Wendy Sharpe
• Creator
  Wendy Sharpe, 1960-
• Call number
  PXB 1740
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  April-March 2020 [March 2020-April 2020]
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  9650391
• Physical Description
  10 drawings (in 1 concertina book) - gouache and pencil on paper - 21 x 510 cm, folded to 21 x 15 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Wendy Sharpe (1960-), is an Australian contemporary artist living and working in Sydney and Paris. This artist book was produced over a one week period, between the end of March and early April 2020 of the COVID-19 pandemic, just as the Australian government brought in restrictions for outdoor and indoor gatherings, travel bans, and closing of non-essential businesses. In May 2020, she was awarded the Copyright Agency Action Fund for Visual Arts for a Project called Dreams in Dark Times.
  
  References:
  Library correspondence file
  http://www.wendysharpe.com
• Scope and Content
  A folding artist book comprising a series of personal scenes of life during the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic and what the artist describes as "quarantine dreams". It visually depicts the effects of social distancing and isolation, as well as feelings of loneliness, being trapped or confined, tension, anxiety, angst and panic buying of toilet paper and food staples. The images are accompanied by fragments of text and diary entries.
• Copying Conditions
  In copyright:
  Copyright holder:: State Library of New South Wales
  Research & study copies allowed:
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales and Courtesy Wendy Sharpe
• Description source
  
  Title from back board
• Variant title
  
  The artist wrote the title 'Corona diary' on the item, but it is also referred to as 'Coronavirus diary' in the media and by the artist
• General note
  
  Number of drawings calculated by cataloguer
• Subject
  COVID-19 (Disease)--Pictorial works.
  Epidemics--Social aspects.
  Artists' books--New South Wales--Sydney--Specimens.
  Artists' books.
  Women artists--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Dreams in art
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE17462698

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