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Prints and books designed by Miriam Elia on sale at Ujazdowski online bookshop

  • Miriam Elia
    • New Normal 1: A day at the Cancel Control Centre
      • 2023
        • The cute emoji has become the instant reaction and gratification button for posts on social media, but who are powers controlling the algorithm and the clickbait?
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  • Miriam Elia
    • New Normal 2: Life on the Pharm
      • 2023
        • In the past it was a joy for schools to visit a real local farm. Nowadays, farms have become global factories producing drug-pumped mass produced meat.
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  • Miriam Elia
    • New Normal 3: The Little Pharma Van
      • 2023
        • There is a drug, a cure for every mild disorder or anxiety or symptom, they are dispensed to children like ice cream or sweet.
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  • Miriam Elia
    • New Normal 4: The Community Thought Prison at Sunset
      • 2023
        • The quiet, private life of suburbia is disrupted by the all-seeing eye of social media watch groups, spying on neighbours and reporting them.
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  • Miriam Elia
    • New Normal 5: Post-Truth Learning at School
      • 2023
        • The past fascination for learning about the past, history is irrelevant. Each child must be taught to confront their unconscious racism and bigotry.
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The New Normal is a new series of 5 lithograph prints, specially created by the artist for her solo exhibition at Ujazdowski.

The limited edition prints continue Elia’s affection for the bygone joys of learning at school and the vivid, rich, warm joyful colours of educational illustrations of the 1960s. However, the new normal of 2023 is a different world, a sinister, chilling, a post-lockdown reset reminiscent of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 dystopian novel, Brave New World.

 

  • Each print is a limited edition of 200
  • A2 landscape (594mm x 420mm)
  • Lithograph print on Betulla Woodstock paper, 225gsm
  • Price: 130 zł each