Exhibition 'Life Map of a Wanderer - Transcultural Relations'

'Life Map of a Wanderer - Transcultural Relations'
Exhibition at the Gallery of Pembroke JCR Art Fund, Pembroke College, University of Oxford
18 October - 17 November 2024.
Lecture: 15 November 2024

Krikor Momdjian presents recent works at the Gallery of Pembroke Art Fund titled 'Life Map of a Wanderer - Transcultural Relations'. 18 October - 17 November 2024.

Through these works, we shall experience 50 years of development of his work. These paintings will reveal his quest for the relations between colours, forms, and numbers. At the same time, they will reflect the influences of different cultural identities he embodies: Dutch, Lebanese, and Armenian. Also, the influences of his education in the three cities - Jerusalem, Florence, and Paris.
The exhibition's central work is 'The Artist's Book' To Life! It is a celebration of life, with the 'Christmas songs' as the second title of the poems. The third title of the Book is 'Transcultural Relations between Colours, forms and Numbers'.
Krikor's recent special publication 'Letters to Vincent / Brieven aan Vincent' dedicated to his soulmate Vincent van Gogh will be presented.

Krikor shall lecture on 15 November at Pembroke College. The title of the lecture is: 'Life Map of a Wanderer - Transcultural Relations'.
He shall refer to the works at the exhibition and talk about the relation of the works with his personal life experiences. Reveal the meaning of Art in his daily life.
He will also talk about a recent series of works made after he returned to the spot in Drenthe where he lived his first eight months in The Netherlands after leaving Paris in 11979 to start with his professional life as a visual artist and poet. 'The Encounter with his soulmates Vincent and Piet in Drenthe (van Gogh and Mondrian)' was decisive as he longed to be near nature. In his diaries, he expresses and discusses these experiences. A selection of the diary pages is included in the special publication 'Letters to Vincent'.
Krikor's life motto is: To Life!

Biography:​

Krikor Momdjian is a multidisciplinary visual artist and poet born into an Armenian family in Lebanon in 1947. After completing a degree at the Academy of Fine Arts of the University in Beirut, Krikor continued on to study fine arts in Florence and Paris. In 1979 he moved permanently from Paris to the Netherlands. Krikor exhibits internationally and has been a member or lecturer at academies and universities in Leiden, Oxford, and Bologna. ​