Audiences and Provocation in Art: Khushboo Laguri, Frontline Heroes

Khushboo Laguri, Frontline Heroes, Online, 2020, photograph.
The artwork Frontline Heroes by Khushboo Laguri illustrates the new mode of art that invites the audience to take a certain action. The art discusses the issue of the current COVID-19 pandemic and the various actions that people can take to protect themselves. The art illustrates the goof word of the health officers taking care of those affected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus causing the COVID-19. Moreover, the art beseeches people worldwide to need to protect themselves using every kind of arm they can use. However, rather than using the normal arms such as knives and arrows, the artwork recommends the new arms, observing hygiene through regular washing hands, sanitizing, and wearing a mask. Also, the artwork's background is filled with phrases such as stay safe, save lives and control the virus. Thus, the art calls people to the ...