Holly Wong
Lethe's Garden 9, 2025
Graphite, colored pencil, gouache, oil paint, alcohol ink and fabric on clayboard on wood panel
12 x 12 x 0.75 in
$500
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.