PC100426 "Don't Panic" (Pandemic Diary series, Number 1) 2020
Pandemic Diary 2020 Phlegm
When the global COVID 19 began, Phlegm started to document his observations of daily life in lockdown in the form of a series of drawings that he shared online. These drawings blur the reality of the pandemic with the imaginary world he has created over his career. A world full of long-limbed forest creatures, fantastic contraptions and hybrid cities that seem to grow organically. By the end of lockdown, Phlegm had created 67 pen and ink drawings and one engraving, together they form Pandemic Diary
“Pandemic Diary was an unplanned reaction to this sudden threat to our lives. As a body of work, it was an immersive and cathartic way of processing a world in flux. To have this very personal collection kept together and held in Sheffield couldn't be more perfect. Sheffield is where I started out and found my voice as an artist and it will always feel like home” - Phlegm
Thank to funding from the Contemporary Arts Society Rapid Response Fund, Pandemic Diary has become part of Sheffield's collections for future generations.
Pandemic Diary 2020 was on public display at the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield between 3rd September 2021 and 15th January 2022
PC100426 "Don't Panic" (Pandemic Diary series, Number 1) 2020
Pandemic Diary 2020 Phlegm
When the global COVID 19 began, Phlegm started to document his observations of daily life in lockdown in the form of a series of drawings that he shared online. These drawings blur the reality of the pandemic with the imaginary world he has created over his career. A world full of long-limbed forest creatures, fantastic contraptions and hybrid cities that seem to grow organically. By the end of lockdown, Phlegm had created 67 pen and ink drawings and one engraving, together they form Pandemic Diary
“Pandemic Diary was an unplanned reaction to this sudden threat to our lives. As a body of work, it was an immersive and cathartic way of processing a world in flux. To have this very personal collection kept together and held in Sheffield couldn't be more perfect. Sheffield is where I started out and found my voice as an artist and it will always feel like home” - Phlegm
Thank to funding from the Contemporary Arts Society Rapid Response Fund, Pandemic Diary has become part of Sheffield's collections for future generations.
Pandemic Diary 2020 was on public display at the Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield between 3rd September 2021 and 15th January 2022