Types and Shadows

This week, our New Testament class visited the BYU Museum of Art, which has an exhibit currently, entitled Types and Shadows: Intimations of Divinity. The exhibit displays religiously themed art pieces, though not all are of scriptural stories or display characters of religion. The purpose of many of the pieces is to get one to think about our Savior in new ways, or see how the gospel affects our daily life. One of my favorites displayed two chairs against a black square background, one chair fallen before the first. The upright chair is cloaked in white, while the other is cloaked in red. It symbolized many things, but the main image it brought to my mind was of the fallen and risen Lord.

There were many thought provoking works in this exhibit- if it comes to a museum of art near you, I recommend taking a look. It will only be on display here until the 13th of March.