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Show Wagner and Nackos Open at Old Town Gallery I I S. - J I i ' ' ' '"" . I . v. ; 1 iw A Old Town Gallery, a new gallery of fine art in Park City will feature 'two Utah artists at its opening exhibit this weekend. A reception, to which the public is invited, for Randi Wagner, waterco-lorist waterco-lorist and Frank Nackos, sculptor will be held this Sunday, March 14 from two until five in the afternoon at Old Town Gallery, 614 Main Street, third floor, Park City. Working exclusively in wa-tercolor, wa-tercolor, Randi Wagner's speciality is vibrant, colorful abstract paintings. With the spontaineity she can achieve in her medium, she'strives to bring strong, emotional qualities qua-lities to her work. She allows the viewer to partake in the enjoyment of her paintings by adding and reacting with their own emotions, moods, and impressions. A well known and respected member of Salt Lake City's Art Community, Randi Wagner's Wag-ner's full time commitment to art includes serving as a member of the. Board of Trustees for the Salt Lake Art Center and as a consultant for her own company, Art Resources, Ltd. Her work is represented in many corporate collections, collect-ions, including those of Western Savings, United Underwriters, E.F. Hutton, Valley Graphics. Fox & Co., and U.B.I.T. Her work also hangs in many private collections. Last year her work was featured in the Ririe-Woodbury 1981 Home Tour, and the 1981 Parade of Homes. Frank Nackos received his undergraduate education at Brigham Young Univ., and his Master's Degree in sculpture at the California State College at Long Beach. Although he used to work figuratively, he often grew impatient with the object because it hindered the statement he was trying to make. He now tries to reduce a feeling, relationship, or force into a pure statement -devoid of relationship to any object. He uses light to give life to his works, and as the light source on the sculpture changes, so does the mood. He tries to make the total result into an unconfused expression of one fact, and not a reinforcement of an old idea. Mr. Nackos has taught at Yakima Valley College, and later he was invited to teach in the newly formed Department Depart-ment of Environmental Design De-sign at BYU which was headed by Milo Baughman. He has continued to teach part-time in the Department of Art and Design at BYU. ' His sculptures are found in collections from the east coast to the west coast. Frank Nackos i |