The picture is divided into four equal quadrants. Each quadrant shows the respective quarter of the face of four different people, but the original colors of the picture are replaced with bright neons. On the top left is Yakira’s left eyebrow, eye and part of her nose. Yakira is in front of a wall of cabinets. The walls are a deep magenta and the cabinets are white. Yakira’s face is colored white and orange. The top right shows Chrissie’s right eyebrow, eye, and part of her nose. Behind her is the interior of her bedroom with light from the window visible. The walls are a muddy neon green. Her face and the window are a light neon pink. Other features like her eyes and hair use a dark forest green. The bottom right corner shows the right side of Christina’s jaw and lips, and part of her nose. She is wearing a white sweater and a small pendant necklace. Her face is colored green, and her hair is shown in black. In the final corner is the left side of Anya’s jaw, lips and nose. Her face is colored blue. Anya is She is wearing a white sweater and a small pendant necklace. Her face is colored green, and her hair is shown in black. In the final corner is the left side of Anya’s jaw, lips and nose. Her face is colored blue. Anya is wearing a dark sweater that almost blends into her background, but above her shoulders is the indication of a wall that is colored a deep magenta.

Quaran-Zine: Art and Identity

Quaran-Zine is a collection of artistic and literary representations of the pandemic’s impact on our lives and understanding of NYC. Our themes explore how art expresses individual and societal identity.

Anya St. Martin, Chrissie Mar, Christina Olesen, and Yakira Bergman.

Our cover for this theme is divided into quarters, with each quarter being a part of each of our group member’s faces in the style of Andy Warhol’s famous pop art portraits. We chose to do this because we liked how exaggerated facial features become in this style of portrait, and we felt that this exaggeration speaks to the theme of the first week. Art is largely about what we choose to highlight and what we see as important to ourselves and the time we’re in. It oftentimes is a reflection of what we as individuals and a society want to identify with. We felt that by splitting the cover to show a part of each of our faces was a way to show us as individuals each contributing and being a part of this larger project.

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