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One small moment in the drawing can cause a ripple effect of painted marks echoing off and overlapping each other.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe show title Beauty + Violence has both visual and conceptual origins. Visually, many of the forms appear to be exploding with light and color or are walking the line between referencing a bouquet of flowers and a mushroom cloud. Conceptually, I am disarming the harm in the text by obscuring and recontextualizing it. My goal is to transform something harmful into something beautiful and point to the complicated relationship between love and power.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003e- Ilana Zweschi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor a listing of more available work and biographical information, please visit Ilana Zweschi's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ilana Zweschi | Main Page\" href=\"https:\/\/fosterwhite.com\/collections\/ilana-zweschi\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eprimary page\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on our website.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.bau-xi.co\/seattle\/Zweschi%20CV.pdf\" title=\"Ilana Zweschi CV at Foster\/White Gallery Seattle WA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIlana Zweschi CV\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"beauty-and-violence-a","title":"Beauty + Violence (a)","description":"\u003cp\u003eImmediately recognizable, Ilana Zweschi’s abstract paintings derive from her use of handwritten algorithms to determine precise arrangements of brush strokes and complex color gradations. 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