Oct. 29, 2019

Contact Sherri Lisota at 608-796-3753 or sjlisota@viterbo.edu

GUEST ARTIST ELEEN LIN’S EXHIBIT DICK, MOBY TO OPEN IN THE VITERBO UNIVERSITY GALLERY NOV. 6

LA CROSSE, Wis. – An exhibit featuring the works of award-winning artist Eleen Lin entitled Dick, Moby will open with a reception from 5–6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 in the Viterbo University Gallery.

Lin will also give a public lecture about her work at 4 p.m. that day in room 301 of the Fine Arts Center. 

Dick, Moby is inspired by the iconic Herman Melville novel Moby Dick and the mistranslations in the Mandarin language version of the book.

Lin was born in Taiwan and raised in Thailand. She earned an MFA in painting and printmaking from the Yale University School of Art and a bachelor’s degree from the Slade School of Fine Art in the United Kingdom. Her work has been exhibited around the world.

The exhibit will run until Friday, Dec. 6. There is no admission fee to the gallery, which is located on the third floor of the Viterbo Fine Arts Center. The gallery is open from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. when school is in session.

Pictured is Don’t Leave Me Hanging oil and acrylic on canvas by Eleen Lin.

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