Here Are 15 Artworks That Perfectly Capture the Dissipation and Ennui of ‘Social Distancing’

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Mar 17, 2020

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In the last week, the term “social distancing” has rocketed into
the vocabulary as life in much of the United States goes into
lockdown. We’ve had a lot of time to talk to ourselves about the
whole thing.

Here are a few choice artworks from the past that give a taste
of what the new world of “distancing” feels like, in no particular
order.

Pipilotti
Rist, Open My Glade (Flatten) (2017)

Pipilotti Rist, Open My Glade (Flatten) (2017). Courtesy of Times Square Arts.

Pipilotti Rist, Open My Glade
(Flatten) (2017). Courtesy of Times Square Arts.

George
Tooker, Landscape With
Figures (1965–66)

George Tooker, Landscape with Figures (1965-66).

George Tooker, Landscape with
Figures (1965-66).

Remedios
Varo, Papilla Estelar (1958)

Remedios Varo, Papilla Estelar (1958). Image courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.

Remedios Varo, Papilla Estelar
(1958). Image courtesy of Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
Veronica Veronese (1872)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Veronica Veronese (1872). Image courtesy Delaware Art Museum

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Veronica
Veronese (1872). Image courtesy
Delaware Art Museum

Francesca Woodman, Self
Portrait with Self Timer (1979)

Francesca Woodman, Self Portrait with Self Timer (1979). Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, NY.

Francesca Woodman, Self Portrait with
Self Timer (1979). Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman
Gallery, NY.

Tilda Swinton, in “The
Maybe” at the Serpentine Gallery

Tilda Swinton, in "The Maybe" at the Serpentine Gallery. Photo: ANDREW WINNING/AFP via Getty Images.

Tilda Swinton, in “The Maybe” at the
Serpentine Gallery. Photo: ANDREW WINNING/AFP via Getty Images.

Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich at
the Met Gala (2017)

Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich at the 2017 Met Gala. Still from Vimeo.

Fyodor Pavlov-Andreevich at the 2017 Met
Gala. Still from Vimeo.

A$AP Rocky, Lab
Rat (2018)

A$AP Rocky, Lab Rat at Sotheby's in 2018. Courtesy of Sotheby's.

A$AP Rocky, Lab Rat at Sotheby’s
in 2018. Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

David
Hockney, Henry Geldzahler and Christopher
Scott (1968-69)

David Hockney, Henry Geldzahler and
Christopher Scott (1968–69). Photo: Christie’s Ltd.

Marina Abromovic and
Ulay, Rest Energy (1980)

Ulay and Marina Abramović, Rest Energy(1980). Photo courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn (2017), ©Ulay/Marina Abramović.

Ulay and Marina Abramović, Rest
Energy(1980). Photo courtesy of the Marina Abramović Archives
VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn (2017), ©Ulay/Marina Abramović.

Dennis Osadebe,
Diary (2018)

Dennis Osadebe, Diary (2018). Courtesy of the artist.

Dennis Osadebe, Diary (2018).
Courtesy of the artist.

Edward
Hopper, Morning Sun (1952)

Edward Hopper, Morning Sun (1952). Image: Wikimedia Commons.

Edward Hopper, Morning Sun
(1952). Image: Wikimedia Commons.

Andrew Wyeth, Christina
Olson (1947)

Andrew Wyeth, Christina Olson (1947). Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum.

Andrew Wyeth, Christina Olson
(1947). Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum.

Robert Henri, Gertrude
Vanderbilt Whitney (1916)

Robert Henri, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1916). Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Robert Henri, Gertrude Vanderbilt
Whitney (1916). Courtesy of the Whitney Museum of American
Art.

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