PHOTOS: Plastic artist and activist, Edgar Alvarez explains world crises through plastic figurines

Edgar Álvarez considers himself an art activist. A Venezuelan living in Bogotá has decided to include the coronavirus among his next jobs to raise awareness among the population. The artist has already accumulated thousands of followers on social networks for a long time. Using plasticine cartoons, he tries to explain very real stories, such as the life of the homeless in Los Angeles that he made in 2015. A way of portraying the life that arose in a kitchen. And now he wants to raise awareness that the coronavirus can be hidden anywhere.

Updated on: Aug 20, 2020 10:42 AM IST

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A clay figure of the microscopic view of the coronavirus made by Edgar Alvarez, Colombian artist and creator of "I explain it with plasticine," is seen on a sidewalk, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Edgar Alvarez, Colombian artist and creator of "I explain it with plasticine," takes pictures of his clay figure of the microscopic view of the coronavirus, which he put on a sidewalk to photograph, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Edgar Alvarez wears a face mask as he models a clay figure of a Venezuelan migrant, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Alvarez wears a face mask as he takes pictures of his clay figure of a Venezuelan migrant, which he put on a sidewalk to photograph, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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The Colombian artist wears a face mask as he models a clay figure of a Venezuelan migrant, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Colombian artist and creator of "I explain it with plasticine," Edgar Alvarez, wears a face mask as he takes pictures of his clay figure of a Venezuelan migrant, which he put on a sidewalk to photograph, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Alvarez models a clay figure of a Venezuelan migrant, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Alvarez takes pictures of his clay figure of a Venezuelan migrant, which he put on a sidewalk to photograph, amidst an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota, Colombia August 7, 2020. (REUTERS)