Completion Date: 27 July 2020
Medium: Paint & ink on acid-free mount-board
Dimensions: 20 X 32 inches
All components are painted on acid-free mount-board, and then glued onto acid-free mount-board. Two coats of matte acrylic varnish are then applied.
I am contemporaneously documenting current affairs through art. Every piece is numbered and goes into my book series, OF OUR TIMES. Volume 1 covers 2016-2019 and is on Amazon (the link is in my profile). This piece will feature in Volume 2, which will be available in January 2021.
News Headlines 14-20 July 2020
14 July 2020
S&P500: 3,141
Bitcoin: 9,306
CO2 (PPM): 414.6
JPY/USD: 106.9
USD/EUR: 1.14
Trump Approval: 40.4
US cases: 3,416,428
US deaths: 135,991
20 July 2020
S&P500: 3,251
Bitcoin: 9,198
CO2 (PPM): 413.2
JPY/USD: 107.25
USD/EUR: 1.14
Trump Approval: 40.5
US cases: 3,808,104
US deaths: 140,828
14 July
* Millions go back into lockdown around the world
* Miami is global epicentre
* US ends HK special status
15 July
* Virus data to be sent to Trump admin. instead of CDC
16 July
* Russian spies target Covid-19 vaccine research
* > 71,000 new cases of covid in the US on Thursday, the most ever
* India caseload tops 1 million
17 July
* RBG cancer recurrence, will remain on Supreme Court
* White House blocks CDC from testifying on reopening schools
* Trump refuses to order Americans to wear masks
18 July
* WH aims to block new funding for testing & tracing
19 July
* US/China relations continue to sour
20 July
* Oxford vaccine trial shows promise
* Masks mandatory in France amid fresh outbreaks
