8 works you should know
according to artist Garrick Infanger, creator of The Krakens, digital gallery of Mormon artist profiles and interviews
originally published June 2020
Garrick Infanger is an art lover and business executive in Tampa, Florida. He curated of a popular art blog called The Krakens that highlighted contemporary Latter-day Saint art. The Krakens (thekrakens.com) profiled more than 200 Latter-day Saint painters, sculptors, illustrators, photographers, and other artists dealing in both religious and secular work. Interviews were built around a question-and-answer format that delved into the artist’s background and process. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University and received an MBA from the University of Maryland in College Park. His day job involves mergers and acquisitions in the construction industry. His wife, AnnMarie Infanger, is an artist and graduate of the BYU Illustration program.
1
Harry Anderson (American, 1906-1996)
The Second Coming (1969)
oil on canvas
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
2
Chris Burkard (American, born 1986)
photograph
Collection of the artist
3
Carl Christian Anton Christensen (American, born Denmark, 1831-1912)
Handcart Pioneers (1900)
painting
Church History Museum
4
Brian Crane (American, born 1949)
25 Years of Pickles (2015)
published collection of syndicated cartoons
Commercial publication
5
Nnamdi Okonkwo (American, born Nigeria, 1965)
bronze, 6.5 x 6 x 3.5 inches
6
Arnold Friberg (American, 1913-2010)
Lehi and His People Arrive in the Promised Land (c. 1953)
oil on canvas
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
7
Minerva Kohlhepp Teichert (American, 1888-1976)
Book of Mormon series (42 murals) (1949-1951)
oil on masonite, oil on linen on masonite, oil on board, oil on canvas, oil on plywood, dimensions variable
Brigham Young University Museum of Art
8
Wayne Thiebaud (American, born 1920)
oil on canvas, 60 x 72 inches
National Gallery of Art