I thought it would be funny during the height of the pandemic to create this piece for Sulfur’s Studio’s Drive-Thru Art venue. It was during the election cycle.

This was part of a series on single-use studies that poked fun at disposable culture. The use of masks and their temporal use and disposable nature was the issue of the day.

Looking at the origins of partisan division, I was inspired by the sarcastic work of Thomas Nast. Nast established the Donkey and the Elephant as the monikers of polarization.

This was also during the time where eating and drinking were solo experiences done outside. The take-out window was your one contact with a human.