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The act of manipulating pigment over a support instantaneously embraces centuries of historical drawing and painting, art made integral with religious principals and cultural ideologies. I am at once undeniably seduced by the sensation and process of pushing material over a surface and at the same time curiously fixated on the present-day relevance and discoveries of these primordial acts. For me, the advancement of art and culture are parallel. Creating art becomes an illuminating act, one undertaken to understand contemporary doctrines by the study of evolving sentiments. My work examines the development and substance of our belief systems.
Tidbits of press: “ While rooted in the traditional mode of oil on canvas, Lien Truong’s provocative take on the family portrait embraces the myriad domestic arrangements that fall outside of conservative conventional definitions of family. Dressed in everyday clothing and devoid of contextualizing scenery or background, viewers are free to create links and reflect upon how Truong’s groupings of figures constitute a contemporary family as valid as any other.” -Anne Ellegood, Editor’s Letter
“…The life-size figures are set against stark white backgrounds that give them an uncanny quality, like objects of scientific inquiry in Truong’s almost photo-realist examination, and remove them from any sociocultural context. The variety and complexity of the portraits, along with the refinement of Truong’s craft as a painter, invite reflection on the interpersonal, psychological complexities of family life and human relationships in general. Truong explores and questions the anxious, confusing, and sometimes wonderful experience of family that those who would limit it to a particular group of people are currently trying to deny.” -Clark Buckner, Critics Choice Review
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