(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo is interviewed during the opening of his show "Sacred Events from the Life of Christ." The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "No Temais, Yo Soy "or "Be Not Afraid, It Is I," oil on canvas, 2018. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "Camino a Emaus" or "Road to Emmaus," oil on canvas, 2018. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) "Light & Life: Stories and Photographs of a Global Faith" presents large-scale images taken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson as they captured the lives of 34 church members in 24 countries, Thursday, May 17, 2018. The new photography exhibit and paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo are on display at the Church History Museum.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Myriam Verbauwen, wife of painter Jorge Cocco Santángelo, thumbs through the program detailing her and her husband's history as Argentine Mormons. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) "Light & Life: Stories and Photographs of a Global Faith" presents large-scale images taken by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson as they captured the lives of 34 church members in 24 countries, Thursday, May 17, 2018. The new photography exhibit and paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo are on display at the Church History Museum.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Painter Jorge Cocco Santángelo joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in June 1962, becoming one of the first Argentine pioneers. The Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "El Llamado" ("The Call") oil on canvas, 2015. Description reads: Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men, Mark 1:16-17. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "La Tempestad — Paz, Cálmense" or "The Tempest — Peace, Be Still," oil on canvas, 2016. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "Getsemani" or "Gethsemane," oil on canvas, 2016. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "El Gadareno" or "The Godarene," oil on canvas, 2016. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "Ascension," oil on canvas, 2018. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jorge Cocco Santángelo's "Consumado Es" or "It is Finished," oil on canvas, 2016. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Church History Museum presented two new art exhibits, Thursday, May 17, 2018. Paintings created by Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo and large-scale images taken by LDS Church staff photographers Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson will be on display beginning May 17 through Oct. 9, 2018, and January 2019, respectively.
The LDS Church’s History Museum in downtown Salt Lake City unveiled two new art exhibits Thursday.
The first features the work of Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo, depicting “Sacred Events from the Life of Christ.” He uses a style called “sacrocubism” to showcase episodes in Christ’s ministry as described in the New Testament.
The second exhibit, “Light & Life: Stories and Photographs of a Global Faith,” is made up of a set of large-scale photographs by Cody Bell and Leslie Nilsson that document, a news release says, the “everyday lives” of 34 Mormons across six continents.
Together, the exhibits are intended to highlight the Utah-based faith’s growing global membership.