Alex Ito employs an interdisciplinary practice to reframe the visual cultures of violence at the intersection of war, industrialization, and popular culture. As a fourth-generation Japanese-American, Ito often reflects on his grandparents’ experiences of incarceration at a camp in Arizona during World War II. For this exhibition, Ito has created Western Verbiage V (Risk Management), a site-specific assemblage of curated objects. It includes an ikebana-inspired sculpture, atomic science books, and photographs and documents belonging to his grandfather. This piece is presented in dialogue with Miné Okubo’s charcoal camp drawings and Aya Fujioka’s Here Goes River (74).  Ito’s works have been featured in numerous exhibitions, including Other World/s at the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Oregon, on view from January 16 through March 15, 2025.