An art exhibition titled "Instrumentos de silencio" ("Instruments of Silence") created by Argentine Latter-day Saint artists Susana Silva and Gonzalo Silva is opening at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City on January 16. The exhibition, which explores how memory and music were used to capture and codify the changes of colonization in Argentina, was awarded the 2023 Ariel Bybee Endowment prize by the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts. It has previously traveled from Sargent’s Daughters art gallery in New York City to the Graduate Theological Union Library in Berkeley, California, before arriving in Utah.
The exhibition matters because it represents a rare collaboration between the Silva siblings, who worked together for the first time to combine their distinct artistic techniques, strengthening their personal and professional bond. It also highlights the growing visibility of Latter-day Saint artists in contemporary art spaces, as the Center for Latter-day Saint Arts supports and promotes work that engages with faith, history, and cultural memory across multiple venues nationwide.