Viral Paintings
New series
Viral Paintings (2020) are a visual diary of the Covid-19 pandemic, during which Quinn is spending lockdown in his London studio and producing a painting per day, depicting the latest news about the virus. Each artwork is taken from a screenshot of Quinn’s iPhone newsfeed, which is pigment-printed on canvas and overpainted in gestural splashes, pours and strokes. Retaining the images’ original proportions but enlarged to 240 x 110cm (8’0” x 3’7”), Viral Paintings communicate the way in which, for many people, this pandemic is largely experienced from home, via device screens. Certain works superimpose the artist’s FaceTime calls with family onto newspaper spreads, highlighting the significance of technology in a time of mandatory social distancing and noting the personal nature of this series.
Read more about the series here:
- The Guardian
- Artnet