Runner-up of the 2024 Student Art Contest

This crucifix is located in Room 110 of O'Shaughnessy Hall.

Artist's Statement:

I depicted the crucifixion through a linocut block print which I accented with gold.

I included elements of traditional iconography to signify the divinity of Christ on the cross. The gold background and halo as well as the red lettering are reminiscent of traditional Catholic and Orthodox depictions of holy figures.

I wanted to express the grief of the crucifixion. In my imagination, Jesus cries through the stations of the cross. He cries for himself, his persecutors, for his family and his friend, for his Father. The crucifixion is the climax of the stations; the moment of the most inexplicable, poignant grief. In my linocut print, I combined these aspects of Christ's humanity and divinity: Christ's tears framed by artistic qualities traditionally used to represent Christ's divinity.

As a student at Notre Dame, Elijah Mustillo majored in the Program of Liberal Studies.

Exit via the door in the stairwell immediately outside Room 110. Turn right, and enter Malloy Hall across the street. Take the stairs immediately to the left up to the third floor. Turn left down the hallway and proceed to the end, where the next crucifix is waiting in Room 320.