Photo Credit: Martin Lam Nguyen in his studio, 2013, Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame
Please join us for an artist talk and closing reception for our current exhibition
Moments, a solo exhibition by Rev. Martin Lam Nguyen C.S.C. on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017,
from 5-8 p.m. at the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery.
The artist talk will be held in the Art Auditorium of the Haggerty Art Village and
begins at 5 p.m. The closing reception follows directly in the Beatrice M. Haggerty
Gallery at 6 p.m. An artist catalog is being published for the occasion of the exhibition
and will be available on the night free of cost.
The exhibition brings together three multi-year projects: Mountain Waits (1998-1999), Lucie (2001-2005), and Painting of the Social Network (2007-present). Occupying every inch of the Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery, the installation features thousands of cataloged moments, each carefully painted or drawn,
and then presented in a grid-like format. The result is abounding repetition yet individuality,
as each picture, like the moments they depict, is unique and personal.
Nguyen, a devoted priest, long-serving educator and accomplished artist, has brought
many parts of his life together in the studio. Meditation and prayer join the rhythmic
stroke of the pencil in exquisite drawings and like ink and water on paper; juxtaposing
lessons from a life marred by war mix with joyful religious service.
"Many things are sad, but the bottom line is how life is good," said Nguyen. "Life
is very precious.”
In 1979, Nguyen fled Communist Vietnam to become a priest of the Congregation of Holy
Cross a decade later. After entering the priesthood, he joined the University of Notre
Dame Department of Art, Art History and Design as an associate professor, where he
continues to teach.
This exhibition and catalog is made possible in part by support from the Institute
for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, College of Arts and Letters, University of Notre
Dame.
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