Past Exhibition
The Center Festival, 2017
The Riverside Church, New York, NY
June 29-July 1, 2017
About the Exhibition
Immediate Present, Curated by Laura Allred Hurtado, examined the Mormon art of present day by bringing together a range of works—from explicitly religious paintings, to the varied artistic practices of those who self-identify as Latter-day Saint, to works that shed light on Mormon themes. “I see Immediate Present as a cultural slice,” said the curator. “The exhibition is limited to 24 artists and as such, I’m certainly leaving others out, even important influencers that would be on other curators’ lists. I don’t intend this exhibition to be THE definitive canon. But, I certainly hope to influence definitions, cultivate greater artistic productions, and expand the notion of Mormon art.”
Featured Artists
Walter Rane (Tell Me Thy Name/Breath of Life), Ron Richmond (water with descent), Caitlin Connolly (Creation of Woman), J. Kirk Richards (Cristo), Jeff Hein (Triumphal Entry), Brian Kershisnik (Death), Jorge Cocco Santangelo (The Tempest—Peace Be Still), Mary Sauer (Andrea with Hoops), Rachel Farmer (Ancestors Under Wyoming Skies/Ancestors Crossing Church Parking Lot/Ancestor Peering Over the Edge), David Chapman Lindsay (Temple, in the Mountains), Jean Richardson (Fault Lines Amended), Annie Poon (The Split House), Pam Bowman (Many Small Things (through) I/Many Small Things (through) II/Exergy), Whitney Bushman (Untitled, September 1, 2012), Chase Westfall (Untitled, Veil), Daniel Everett (Untitled), Stephanie Kelly Clark (Parallel), Levi Jackson (Esterbend), Jason Metcalf (30 49 09.7, +24 03 12, Hie to Kolob series), Ben Howell (Transcription II), Casey Jex Smith (Seer Stone), Page Turner (Headmistress Harpie, A Stitch in Time Saves Nine series), Jeff Decker (Low and B. Hold Mammon: Habes pecuniam (her/ostrich)/Et in Arcadia Ego (him/rhino)).
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Work & Wonder
Materializing Mormonism
The Delicate Ties That Bind