Zusman follows the texture of the wooden boards. By means of colored ballpoint pens she covers their external shell with images of flowers, women, and animals. The painted images reflect sexuality and animalism, evoking a sense of danger and threat. The animals burst out of the wood with a terrified rapacious gaze, and the passive women are immersed, helpless, within the vegetation that takes over, or are subordinated to the violent bestiality. The scenes carved in the wood as a scorching brand, place the house within the setting of a dark forest. The home ceases to generate a sense of security when the outside takes over, leaving no room for escape.

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