It Won't All Wash Away - Opening Reception
It Won’t All Wash Away brings together a body of work that confronts the idea of cleansing—what can be removed, and what remains.
It Won’t All Wash Away
By Brit Scott
It Won’t All Wash Away brings together a body of work that confronts the
idea of cleansing—what can be removed, and what remains no matter
how much time, pressure, or silence is applied. Through layered color,
graffiti marks, and symbolic imagery, the exhibition explores memory,
identity, faith, and history as forces that cannot be erased.
Across the works, there is a recurring tension between softness and
resistance—flowers blooming where destruction is expected, figures
holding stillness in chaotic environments, and symbols of protection
existing alongside warning and harm. Water, cleansing, and renewal are
implied, but never absolute. What these pieces suggest is that some
things—truth, experience, cultural memory—do not dissolve. They
settle deeper, reshape themselves, and re-emerge.
The exhibition moves between personal and collective narratives, asking
viewers to consider what persists beneath the surface. What do we carry
forward, whether we choose to or not? What remains after systems
attempt to overwrite or silence?
It Won’t All Wash Away is not about despair—it is about endurance. It is
about the parts of us, and our histories, that refuse disappearance.
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Highlights
- 3 hours
- In person
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Location
52 O St NW
52 O Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20001
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