By Peggy Fletcher Stack
Brian Kershisnik, ‘Jesus and the Angry Babies,’ oil on canvas on panel, 2014, 48 x 30 inches. Courtesy of Mitch and Stephenie Larsen.
'There is humor in holiness, says Utah artist Brian Kershisnik, and holiness in humor.
'Life is often agonizingly complex and confusing, yet even in darkly serious moments, the painter says, “I believe in a God who laughs.”
'That could be why so many of Kershisnik’s pieces seem surprising, even unsettling, like joking about caskets.
'Take “Jesus and the Angry Babies,” one of the 100 pieces in the newly opened exhibit of his work at Brigham Young University’s Museum of Art...'
