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Show ~ H''Those are my dogs, Bronco :: ·. : a~d Helga, German shep-· ;,: lierds," Mr. Nieto said, point.: mg to the huge three-panel · : '~f,fan's Best Friend." . ,.. ., tMr. Nieto, Santa Fe artist, ..:wife Renay, and son Anaya, 13, ... were in Salt Lake to oversee . ~b!ingm·g of "John Nieto: A 10 ·. . Y~ar Retrospective, " an art ex. : hibit at the museum until · March 7. . , ,: ·;:::'Selecting art for the restro~-· .· .~ sj!ctive is like judging ~ b~au...., : t~ pageant. All my pamtings.; -"are pretty. Selection is a pr~of mental gymnastics. J. ·. ··"" love them all. If I didn't, they . ·~would never leave my studio." . ,: It is OK to talk of John Nieto ., ·-~artist. Suggestions of · Joli~/· ..:... Nieto, superstar, are not OK. ;_··:-· :t . "I'm a working artist," he ,. -'. said. "What I have is from bar~ · ' '. work and a lot of ltick.',l. · · '. ;:;:~ · · ·· · ···· · · :··, What Mr. Nieto has is an in~ :'. .: ) :: . ·.. ·'.· ' .. ·.-, ::...·. ,.•· . .: n :·;. ;,~;~~ ~\< J ~ , . ~ ~ ~-t. Lqf!)'ibune ~. ternational following, several·· .. ; John Nieto has brou~ht his ."c~ldreJ!z°'}J>a_~tbigs. ~~~ _t~e .. : major exhib~ts a yea~, t~o ado-.. .:: ..: past decade, for an exhibit at the:l.JJ!.ive~~·\PJ.tah 1.'1useum .. /, be houses with studios m. ~ ew_: ,·:~. of Fine Arts' Browning Gallery. S~o":)·~-..µntU· ~sgc~.1-:..'..\ :}· Mexico, product recogmbon, ·· 1 '" ,.. .:oess ~.1lhrtlst. f uids' h l~~if ~l~ftl6ri~· ; :r:::p:: • : ;::;~· ·h. ·· ·•·, : ':i~:..:.. ,~·'i;tiii :':e :·' ··."'.· : , .. not a museum reception m hIS ··honor so much as a family re'"·.·=:f union. Whereve~ he .~ g~es/ ;.·~fpoe1°1opwle wHhe0m0awny·nohistrepmamemtmbger8 . ' }::!·,·-.·y. ·aVlnU lWl 'WI · 1arne ·:-: · ·. ··;~~~ ,. · · ... t ,.·:,.;:--.{ >>. · :~ _keepin,g Child KP~~p~~py¢· ' · . · · . ~ : ~ ~.~=i a ~~ !;er:~~:.. ::-~ ... _,:;· . ·. ,. ·. : '._ ·;·• . ;, ... ::f.\··..:i.l·J ~. ·".' ~ -.. · . ,.. • · . J . · . . . ·By Judy B. Rollins ·THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE . ··) ·. ,s··:p · ' ·: ·\ :i-.-.·.-, j;~-; At. ·./-~L. ~ )·,.~;{~ _~J:-_:/;_,.};-l'~\ . ;:;.'. . • "I' .,...,,.,,. . • I · :,· \ ' ~' .. .., ..., • ' :.~(.. .. ,;:;.,··:;_·:~/::-~·L:.:·, ,,;;: . ':' ·:.;e_d,~:!~~~a7t~~!;ag,\~~: ~-'t,; •••·, , ~·.,, .. ,,. · · ._. · ·:t~rs who buy fine art are a pas- ·-.-·~-~'it tias'..iiily 4th. .We ··'!sionate breed. They show up, iDere at the''Mountain . tcarrying snapshots of my art. Spirit dances~ W~·scit:: . ;It's like sharing, pictures of . ·together for 'hours.· i .: ·: ·: _;your children. These are eagles held 'iny grandmother's ~ • of industry and corporate gi1 little .l;ony hand; We . ·. r antswholovemyworkandbuy : hardly spok_e. 4s we · t it." sat, it ·became. clear that ,L~ ~ From kindergarten, or be· 'being in. New Mexico, · ;· . fore, Mr. Nieto, 56, was an art- · and painti~g was what r .ist. · twas meant to ·do I ,· ,. "I never considered any. fP<tS a born/again ~rlist, ~- , . ,-· :thing else. Art has totally dom.. .with a~new~s'ense ·o f :..{_ . ':: 'inated my dreams." - " Someone should paint _New . . :. Mexico artist John Nieto. . ,.. . He was a visual feast. Black ·,, hair pulled ·back into a single , : braid is .like an exclamation :.~markdown his back. He wore a · : : black hat, black shirt, black , : : boots with silver s~rolls, avi~..: tor ~lasses, turquoise and_ sil, .: ver Jewelry, all wrapped m a : : huge re~ and orange South, ~ W?5t-design blanket~cape. M~. . ,. : , Nieto could be a Native Ame~'." ... _ commitment.,,,_; . _ . .."-.:· ~ · · . What changed, he said, is : ~ ca1;1 c~aracte~ from o_ne_,~{ ~ ._,:: ,: : +/\,\/':;~r~(?.:.~ -~~sf.Joiin. . ~philosophy_. ~e has learned .... pamtings. .: . . ,.. , :•· ,. ,.-:·f,•. .. ,.'.-~·J:.:l.,4~,~-c~ ·- ,\ a.'J~:: .~.,:"• Nieto · - 'that there IS t1me to work, and : : Is he flamboyant? Mmmm, ·~ : .f' __.·:J<tt-?f'\,It..<>: · :·: :-:::.. "- · , . \' i . .. . . -~ · · · . : maybe, he hesitated. Dressed · .. . ,.. .. . . ~... °' .· ,; •. , __•• ··· play.., With s~cc~s~,; . there ls :·. for comfort? Yes, he agreed. · Mr. Nieto, of Mescalero more time ~ pamt. He pro:. : ; "This is the way I dress. Apache and Spanish ancestry, d~ces; ?ther~ ~ar~et. _Relax. : When I was invited to the slipped off his cape, rested his alion reJuvenates his spirit. ~ ~ White House to meet President black hat, brim-down, on the "What I pave done since De:: and Mrs. Reagan, I had my .. coffee table, sipped a soft cem~er•··is·. :piddling, · lateral : : wife call to see if I had to dress - drink, and stretched his legs. ::·.P~ob1:11~·; ~~!~i:xf ~~'. , -~x~e11~ . ~ : in a s_uit. If I did, I wa~n 't, going. __ : The glasses came off. · Illenting. : ···'- ·· - · · ·· .... President:Reagan said, By all · • He was in his comfort zone, : : means, be . comfo!13~le. '. If [ ._·.~ talking art, surrounded by the :.T had to wear _a suit,. I d .b~ all ..... ,fac_es and forms, blazing colors - nervous. When I wear this, I ~ and blatky shapes in 30 of his am calm. I make a statement. I . ·: paintings. a~ pro~~.of me." |
