This print will debut at the Silver Art Projects Gala on November 14th, and simultaneously will be released online at 6pm that evening.

Lily Wong is a figurative painter, whose layered narratives invoke a sense of curiosity and yearning around the conditions that inscribe and complicate memory. Often stemming from moments of private and shared cultural fragmentation, the artist’s works—featuring subjects who move through dreamlike spaces and disoriented time—weave together elements of fantasy and drama. Born in Seattle, WA and based in Brooklyn, NY, she has presented solo and two-person exhibitions at Lyles & King, New York, NY; Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA; Galerie LJ, Paris, France; Kapp Kapp, Philadelphia, PA and New York, NY; and Harper’s Gallery, New York, NY. Her work can additionally be found in the collections of the RISD Museum, Providence, RI, and the Institute of Contemporary Art Miami, FL, among others.

Wong likens Touch to a three-part play, with each segment demarcated by a V-shaped tree trunk that stands behind the primary figure. While thunderous lightning jolts towards the ground, the figure reaches a hand outwards—to both a yellow butterfly that has landed on a branch, and the profile of an unknown face. In juxtaposing these seemingly disparate elements, the artist portrays the lightning to be simultaneously intense and tender. Cloaked around this scene are the shadowy silhouettes of a forest landscape, rendered through loose brushstrokes that recall Wong’s background in drawing and printmaking. Reflecting on her wider practice, she remarks, “My works investigate the subtle ways in which cultural and intergenerational experiences manifest and live within the body.”

Of AFC’s initiative to support Silver Art Projects, the artist additionally notes, “Keeping up an art practice is so financially challenging, especially here in New York. I spent a long time working out of my bedroom, living room, and windowless small spaces. Having open access to a big, beautiful studio space has opened up so many possibilities in my work. More importantly, not having to worry about studio rent gave me the ability to focus my time and energy into my painting. I am happy to support Silver Art Projects because I want more artists to have this same opportunity.”

Lily Wong
Touch, 2024
17 x 23 inches
Archival pigment print

Limited edition of 20 with 5AP + 1PP
Signed and numbered by the artist

ART FOR CHANGE will donate a portion of proceeds from each print sold during the month of November to Silver Art Projects. As in all series, artists will receive 50% of the net proceeds of print sales.

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Lily Wong, Touch, 2024: Signed and Numbered Limited Edition Print