Pandemic Mural, Melbourne

A mural by two artists, Melissa Turner and Brigitte Dawson, from Melbourne’s Murals and Interior Design, caught my eye in an article in the Guardian. In 2020, these artists did several murals illustrating a view of the pandemic and the response to it. This one is on the wall of a Cole's supermarket (source).

Caption from the Guardian:
"A woman passes under the words ‘#physicaldistancing’ in a mural based on Michelangelo's The Creation
of Adam, in Melbourne, Australia. Photograph: Michael Currie/Speed Media/Rex/Shutterstock" (source)

Another view of the mural: "The Creation of #physicaldistancing." (source)

A quote by the artists:

“In times of great uncertainty, it’s refreshing when we can turn to creativity and the power of art to help reiterate the importance of remaining safe and doing our part to flatten the COVID-19 curve." (source)

I love art parodies: though I mostly collect images of the Mona Lisa, I have quite a few images that make use of Michelangelo's famous creation image from the Sistine Chapel, and others as well. In the last year and a half, as the pandemic ravaged the world, I've seen quite a few Mona Lisa parodies and murals about masks and the pandemic -- a google search offers many of them. Here's a good one, just for fun:

"Mona Lisa Corona Covid" (source)

When I saw the "Creation" mural depicted in the Guardian, I wanted to share it with the many lovers of murals and street art who share their finds at Sami's blog each Monday (which is Sunday where I live). Maybe some of the participants who live in Melbourne have seen this mural -- if they have already shared it with the group, I'm sorry that I missed their posts!