"Fragments of Memory"

Wardell Milan, "Pulse", 2019. Charcoal, graphite, pastel, oil pastel, acrylic paint, and paper collage on hand-dyed paper, 66 7/8 × 83 1/2 in. (169.9 × 212.1 cm). The Menil Collection, Houston, Purchased with funds provided by the William F. Stern Acquisition Fund and Bridget and Patrick Wade. © Wardell Milan. Photo: Adam Neese

"Fragments of Memory", a selection of works from the Menil Collection’s permanent collection, explores the ways in which the past imbues present experiences. In their drawings, the featured artists take up commonplace embodiments of personal and collective memory, such as scrapbooks, snapshots, notes, relics, and odes, to reimagine how we might access fraught memories and contested histories.