Miriam Wosk  explores contemporary issues of identity through the use of irony. She is best known for her cacophonous paintings explore the tension and duality that exists between beauty and repulsion, tradition and modernity. Redefining previous notions of art, she makes visual contradictions in an attempt to highlight their actual interconnectedness. In a variety of methods and materials, Wosk investigates post-modern concepts of self-expression through iconographic concoctions.  Her heavily detailed constructions are a product of cultural assimilation with the purpose of exposing the discrepancies and contradictions of contemporary life.