Jorge Cocco Santángelo: Portraying Christ in Art
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🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Argentine artist Jorge Cocco Santángelo has long been admired for combining cubism and sacred subjects in his paintings. But Latter-day Saints may not realize that Jorge, a convert who was baptized in 1962, introduced the Church to an entirely new style and forged the path for other artists to portray the sacred in different ways. His paintings, frequently displayed in the Church History Museum and known for their rich colors and angular shapes, are often of Bible scenes or the Savior Himself. On this week's episode, Jorge discusses the responsibility he feels while painting Jesus Christ and why he hopes the style of art he has created allows observers to reflect and draw closer to Him.
2:28- A Lifelong Calling
3:25- Finding the Gospel
5:35- Evolution of a Testimony and Opposition
7:30- First Painting After Baptism
8:46- Growth of the Church in Argentina
9:59- Seeking to Portray Christ
12:32- Sacrocubism
22:00- New Pieces and the Inspiration That Keeps Coming
27:44- What Does It Mean To Be All In the Gospel of Jesus Christ?
"To paint Jesus Christ is to walk into sacred ground."
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| 0:00.0 | Two quick notes before we get into this week's episode, we will be taking a month-long break |
| 0:06.6 | from new episodes and will return on January the 11th. |
| 0:10.6 | We hope that you have a joyous Christmas season and we look forward to being back with you |
| 0:15.3 | again in January. |
| 0:21.1 | This week we decided to try something we've never done before on this show and that is |
| 0:25.6 | to have an episode that is translated from Spanish to English. |
| 0:29.8 | I want to give a huge thank you to Emil, the son of Jorge Coco Santangelo for his translation |
| 0:36.6 | and for providing his own insights at a couple of points in the episode. |
| 0:42.1 | The idea for this episode came as an answer to a prayer. |
| 0:46.8 | Here in Northern California there is a crush exhibit each year at Christmas and by the time |
| 0:51.5 | this episode airs Jorge Coco Santangelo will have been presenting his art for four days |
| 0:57.3 | with just one day remaining. |
| 0:59.7 | He is debuting several brand new pieces of art but the one that caught my attention is a |
| 1:04.7 | Madonna and Child piece portraying Mary and the baby Jesus. |
| 1:09.0 | I felt that speaking with someone who has worked so diligently to create art that helps |
| 1:14.6 | us come to know the Savior would be the perfect way to celebrate this holiday season. |
| 1:19.8 | I hope you feel the same. |
| 1:22.2 | Jorge Coco Santangelo's art previously caught the attention of the Queen of England who selected |
| 1:27.6 | the 86 year old Latter-day Saint Convert from Argentina's art as part of Great Britain's |
| 1:33.5 | 2021 Royal Mail Christmas Stamp collection. |
| 1:37.0 | The last Christmas set the Queen would approve prior to her death. |
| 1:41.3 | The stamps show Joseph leading the donkey, Mary and the baby Jesus, Shepherds, Wisemen |
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