Portraits of Nouns - Drawing in a Pandemic

by Wendy Murray

Stranded between continents during the Covid lockdown, celebrated Australian street artist Wendy Murray has created the first coffee-table book of the Apocalypse. Murray’s intimate and colorful documentary of the End Times in her adopted Los Angeles contains over 70 drawings of street scenes from Silver Lake to Venice, with photography by Kenneth Brown, Jr., and an essay by L.A. art critic David A. Greene (Artforum, The New Yorker). Each book is signed & numbered by the artist. Los Angeles edition includes an ink drawing by the artist.

112 pages, Paperback

Published December 31, 2021

Reviews

[Kevin Gatewood · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was surprising to me how much emotion came up while reading this book. It chronicles a day in the slowed down COVID life we all faced. The author/artist uses daily drawings of mundane or normally overlooked things; Empty beach chairs, hardware signs, discarded fast food cups to tell her story. What struck me most was the perseverance of the author. She kept on creating her art and moving toward her goals instead of putting things on hold. It was beautifully inspiring.