Holly Wong
Lethe's Garden 6, 2025
Graphite, colored pencil, gouache, oil paint, alcohol ink and fabric on paper - framed to 26.5x21.5
24 x 19 x 1.75 in
$3,000
Lethe refers to the Greek myth of a river flowing through Hades. Drinking from the river results in the forgetting of one’s past lives. In these works, there is a lush density that at times functions as erasure, especially in the ghost like graphite that appears on the margins of the works.
Photo credit: John Janca