We are getting our bearings again as a community dealing with COVID and now the BA.5 surge (and needless to say, you still have to bring in vax cards to visit our Gallery). But this was not always the case. We were adrift for quite some time — our audiences forced to view art only through plexiglass, from the sidewalk. EMMA VAN DEN AKKER reminds us of just how far we’ve come. Opines the artist, “This piece represents the grandiose feeling of isolation during the pandemic—simultaneously separated from everyone else in isolation and also thrust into a global community as the world experienced the pandemic collectively.” The REEMERGE jury found the metaphor captivating and awarded Emma appropriate worded citation: WHAT A STRANGE TRIP IT’S BEEN!
EMMA VAN DEN AKKER
“In Pursuit of Something Greater”
oil on canvas
300.
