Mary Royall Wilgis Imagination Fund Recipient — Color of Memory

Mary Royall Wilgis is a Brooklyn-based artist and color enthusiast who received a 2024 Playbook Imagination Fund grant for Color of Memory, oil paintings that turn recorded sensory memories into glowing orbs of color, shared through an online memory bank.

Mary Royall Wilgis Imagination Fund Recipient — Color of Memory
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Artist statement

What is the color of a memory? For the past few months, I have been interviewing and recording friends, strangers, family, and lovers about their sensory memories. I have taken these recordings and am translating them into glowing orbs of color that represent each memory. Together, the pieces create a collection of oil paintings that evoke balls of light.

Comments

  1. Michael Yuan

    Really cool work, love it!

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