10 Works you should know
According to Annie Poon
Originally published June 2020, we we approached multi-media filmmaker Annie Poon with this question: What are 10 works to emerge from our culture that you think people should know? Not masterpieces, not “the canon,” just works we should we know. The following is her curated list:
Laura Erekson Atkinson (American)
The Power to Build (2018)
rust and acrylic on panel, 72 x 96 inches
Collection of the artist
James C. Christensen (American, 1942-2017)
Lehi Beckons His Family (2011)
acrylic on panel, 12 x 18 inches
Cris and Janae Baird Collection
Caitlin Connolly (American)
In Their Image (2017)
oil on canvas, 130 x 103 inches
Church History Museum
Samuel Evensen (American)
In the High Noon of the Heavenly Garden (2018)
oil pastel on paper, installation, 8 x 54 feet; 9 x 20 feet
Collection of the artist
Brian Kershisnik (American, born 1962)
She Will Find What Is Lost (2013)
oil on canvas, 132 x 96 inches
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
J. Kirk Richards (American, born 1976)
Breath of Life (From the Dust) (2011)
oil on linen, 98 x 80 inches
Private collection
Jorge Cocco Santángelo (Argentine, born 1936)
Fear Not It Is I (2018)
oil on canvas, 96 x 48 inches
Church History Museum
Casey Jex Smith (American, born 1976)
Seer Stone (2015)
colored pencil on paper, 7.5 x 7.5 inches
Church History Museum
Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert (American, 1888-1976)
The First Vision (1934)
oil on canvas, 102 x 78 inches
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
Page Turner (American, born 1981)
Total Plentitude: A Congregation of Seeker Sisters (2018)
assemblage mixed media
Collection of the artistJoin our communi
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