NEW SHOW OPENING "Consider the Cross" Group Exhibit
Fri, Mar 31
|Provo
The exhibit will include new work by a dozen artists including Leroy Transfield, Esther Hi'ilani Candari, J. Kirk Richards, Tyler Huntzinger, and the curators.
Time & Location
Mar 31, 2023, 6:00 PM – Apr 30, 2023, 6:00 PM
Provo, 274 W Center St, Provo, UT 84601, USA
About the event
The curators, Julie Ann Lake-Diaz, Emilie Buck-Lewis, and Maureen Merrell write of this collection,Friday March 31st 6-9pm - NEW SHOW OPENING "Consider the Cross" Group Exhibit
" “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13). Although His death is a central part of His atonement, there is a surprising reservation among LDS members to embrace the doctrine of Christ’s crucifixion and cross imagery. Recently Dr. John Hilton III explored this topic in his book “Considering the Cross.” In his research he found that a lack of crucifixion and cross imagery in LDS art can unintentionally misrepresent the doctrine of the Savior’s Atonement.
As three LDS artists, we have recognized this in our own biases and felt compelled to initiate a dialogue that centers the crucifixion. By contemplating the essentiality of the crucifixion in our doctrine of the atonement, we have…