Hair Wash and TV News 

Iwo Zaniewski’s painting captures a domestic interior fractured into planes of color, a woman bathing echoed by another watching television news. Note the black and white checkered floor, an ancient symbol laden with contrasts of light and darkness, evoking the duality of existence. This pattern resurfaces throughout art history, from Masonic temples to Renaissance paintings, suggesting both harmony and conflict. Think of the checkerboard as a stage upon which dramas unfold, a visual prompt for moral choice. In Zaniewski’s painting, this motif underscores the tension between the private, cleansing ritual of bathing and the public, often chaotic, narratives of the news. How do these symbols resonate today? The checkerboard, now a design element, still whispers of underlying structures and hidden meanings. The woman in the bath and the news on TV—each reflects the continuous human search for purity and truth in an ever-complex world. They exist in a cycle of contrast, resurfacing in our daily lives and collective consciousness.