102 Colors from My Dreams 2002

Spencer Finch created “102 Colors from My Dreams.” This collection is installed as a grid of small, framed watercolors. Each piece presents a unique, abstract design in muted, pastel shades. The overall composition invites a study of color and form. The soft, translucent quality of the watercolor creates subtle variations that play with perception, each a signifier of a fleeting, subjective experience. Finch explores how color itself can function as a language. These small compositions can be considered a type of personal symbolism, translated through abstraction. The grid format lends itself to structuralist readings, suggesting a system or code. Yet, the irregularity of the forms and the delicate use of color resist definitive categorization, challenging fixed meanings. This piece highlights the formal and philosophical concern with how we perceive and interpret reality through art.