Czech artist inspired by COVID-19

Описание: (16 Mar 2020) LEAD IN:
A Czech artist has found inspiration in COVID-19, covering a Prague cafe with virus-inspired murals.
It's not clear how many will get to see the new work, though - the Czech has government banned travelling across the country, starting Monday (16 March).

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The walls of a well-known cafe and pub in Prague, the Mill Cafe, have had a timely new makeover.
Czech artist Michal Cimala has gone to work on a series of murals.
He calls it "Paranoia".
Every year, Mill Cafe paints its walls. Before they do so, they let Cimala create some impromptu art on its walls.
This year, the theme is coronavirus.
One wall shows two groups, in face masks, aggressively staring at each other and pointing.
Cimala says the point he is making is how quickly groups can lay blame or look for scapegoats in a crisis.
He also explores the theme of fear in the murals with exaggerated expressions and outsized respirators.
"I try to paint something like (a) fresco, fresco is usually in a church. This is not a church, this is a cafe. So, it's different," he says.
"I get an empty space and theme was on the table (coronavirus), so I just take it and put it on the wall."
Cimala's work will be gone in two to three weeks when workers put on a fresh coat of paint on the cafe's walls.
Cimala is a Prague-based painter and sculptor who has staged exhibitions in the Czech Republic, the US and further afield.
As of Monday (16 March), the Czech Republic has 298 COVID-19 cases.
While the country has implemented a travel ban, people still can travel to work, visit doctors or do shopping.

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