Psst!
Hey!
I think the current trend in LDS art is for artists to look to their cultural and ethnic roots for inspiration, using Mormonism as a lens for their roots or their roots as a lens for their Mormonism. For example, an artist named Ahmed Jamal Qureshu made a piece called “Mazmuur Naafi: The Arabic Psalm of Nephi” where he uses Islamic calligraphy to look at a passage from the Book of Mormon.
But when the artist comes from a Mormon-centric background, like multigenerational members in Utah because it turns into an ouroboros of culture. And that gets stuff like this piece from the ARCH-HIVE’s latest show:
I think they’re both great, but I think it’s interesting that they’re both doing basically the same thing.
Fun update on that first art piece: a print of it is part of the Church History Museum's current exhibit, along with other very unique pieces from throughout church history.