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Show JANUARY Park City Show Who H: Is That Man is the man behind the fish. Or to youngsters surveying his three- dimensional paper maché ie is “Fish Man.” Briant Matheson, just object d’art, Behind the Fish? fish, you can hold it in your hands and get a better idea of what they are like in nature,” he explained in a Mountain Times interview. native ‘T call it folk art,” he said of his paper maché fish that can be as small Utahn who is associated as much with fish as perhaps Jacques Cousteau. But as a thimble or as large as Barcalounger. “But most people think he doesn’t chase ‘em or even catch ‘em. He makes them. They are his art. “Fish are my vehicle,” he says sim- of it as pop his friends, is the plain 43-year-old Bri to Matheson will display many of his latest fishy works at the Kimball Art Center in Park City, from Jan. 7-31. He’s been making fish now for 15 years. And just about anyone who has been to an art festival in the west is familiar with his work. But the question remains, why fish, Bri? “One thing that interests me is that really nature . don’t get . But when to see fish in you create the art.” that women fly fish, too.” But his art isn’t intended to completely accurate as specimens biological be for — study, explained. Bri “Naturalists will look at my work and say, ‘that doesn’t look exactly like a brown trout.’” Although he has made fish representing all kinds of species, his Kimball show will concentrate on trout, salmon and char (brook working on these Included will be in the trout). species “I’ve been for the last year.” show representations of such exotic fish as the Japanese salmon, Siberian trout and Arctic char. Also show included will renditions be of in the the artist’s fish spears and fish clubs, among His best customers, he says, are the wives of fly fishermen. “Although I understand ply. you 1996 other things. “I’ve studied a lot of the northwest indian culture for this show,” he noted. “It is a great lifestyle, and for the artist, it is even better.” atheson Me began by tures using is a_ artist, selfwho making sculpdiscarded tractor Bri Matheson, AKA parts and farm implements. He made the leap to fish about 1980 after hearing a story about how a Back Continued from page 11 “Certainly, we could increase our visibility We think head-to-head competition may have more appeal... . But whether TV will ever be a good funding source is another question,” he said. DANA Enter the next new guy Two months ago, Tim Lieweke (pronounced Lie-wicky), was hired as the new Ski Team CEO. He hit the bricks running, criss-crossing the country, meeting with potential sponsors, TV executives and sports-industry moguls. He is practically impossible to catch. If Lieweke isn’t focused and confident, its hard to tell from talking with him. “We will fix the problems at the Ski Team and I will be here for the next six years,” he said in a telephone interview from his home in Colorado, where he was spending a shortened weekend before flying off, presumably to court more sponsors. The new CEO talks the talk, and, WILLIAMS Honesty, Integrity E xperience PREMIER REALTY MAIN 801-649-4400 800-825-8889 STREET, accom OTS apparently, walks the walk. Lieweke’s credentials are impressive: he is the former president of the NBA’s Denver Nuggets, he helped bring the Colorado Avalanche hockey team to Denver from Canada, and he was a key player in attracting the financing behind the new “Pepsi Center” athletic arena being built in Denver. Affordable nightly rooms and home rentals in park city, utah RESERVATIONS PAGE on Course? he’s prepared to meet them. “I’m not blind. I clearly understand the debt we have and the frustration of some of our athletes. We have an uphill battle and that’s why I’m here.” But the new Ski Team boss says he’s not much interested in dwelling on the past because he has no time to lose. Lieweke has to produce during the short window of opportunity — his honeymoon - during his first year. “It is a reasonable expectation that I must create some immediate results,” he said. “Visions are only great if they are implemented.” If there.are fiefdoms within the Ski Team organization, they won't be there for long,” Lieweke explained. “We are a ‘business. We are a sports business. We need people who understand business, not necessarily skiing.” But critics and former coaches say the Ski Team hasn’t really been reorganized in a meaningful way and that the power brokers who stood in Jacki’s way still hold the keys to the offices at 1500 Kearns Boulevard. But Lieweke insists things will change. Among other things, that means the stepsisters of the beautiful alpine team, otherwise known as the nordic and freestyle teams, are about to be fit with glass slippers, according to the new CEO’s plans. “I represent seven disciplines. They are all important to me. in his straight-forward- That is a different attitude than has been ness, the former Nugget president says he knows very well what the challenges of his new Ski Team position are, and here in the past.” Lieweke noted that he has spent the Continued on page 15 Refreshing 1-800-649-4498 “That image stuck with me. That's where the idea started, about 15 years ago.” @ friend had made a spear out of a tree limb and used it to catch fish at Calf Ski Team Fish Man. Creek Falls. 12 |