Meredith Starr
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In this series "Pretty Disease," I have used scientific image sources, translating the visual traces of medical technologies into delicately hand-rendered abstract fields. The tension between the anxiety and aesthetic fascination that medical imagery of microscopic and metabolic life inspires in me a sensation I want to convey to the viewer. These paintings subvert expectations by offering imagery of dangerous viruses as decorative abstractions, luring the audience to willingly consume them. This painting inspired by the microscopic imaging of the Swine Flu contemplate the contradiction between their brilliantly intricate and decorative structure and their pernicious capabilities.

A nearly luminescent oil painting on canvas of the Swine Flu, this painting asks viewers to confront their fears head on.