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The artistry of jewelry designer and silversmith Julian Lovato (Santo Domingo Pueblo) has been recognized by collectors of Southwestern jewelry for decades. Now, eight years after his death, Lovato is receiving institutional recognition as well, in the form of his first solo museum exhibition, 鈥淪ilver Honors Stone,鈥� at the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian in Santa Fe. The exhibition runs through Oct. 17.

鈥淗is contemporaries were very famous jewelers like Lewis Lomay, who was Hopi, Joe Quintana, who鈥檚 Cochiti, and Mark Chee, who鈥檚 Navajo,鈥� museum director Nancy Steedman said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e certainly done shows for all of those people in the past.鈥�

Recognizing under-appreciated jewelers is part of the museum鈥檚 mission, Steedman said. The Wheelwright is home to the Center for the Study of Southwestern Jewelry and maintains important Indigenous jewelry holdings in its collection.

鈥淪ince 2015, our permanent gallery has been (dedicated to) the history of Southwestern jewelry, and from time to time, we recognize that there are jewelers who maybe haven鈥檛 been as prominent 鈥� people like Charles Loloma (Hopi) and Fred Peshlakai (Din茅) and some of the really avant-garde ones who really changed the style when they started creating their jewelry,鈥� Steedman said.

About a year and a half ago, an anonymous Lovato collector approached the museum about doing a show.

鈥淚t was one of those things that we hadn鈥檛 ever considered, because our permanent collection only has a limited number of his pieces,鈥� Steedman said. 鈥淪o, when this gentleman approached us, the then-director (Henrietta Lidchi) and (curator) Deb (Slaney) were over the moon, because they realized that with his collection, we could really showcase the work that Julian Lovato did in silversmithing.鈥�

The museum was able to secure additional loans from public and private collections, including the Heard Museum. All together, 鈥淪ilver Honors Stone鈥� features 80 unique pieces.

The exhibition is called 鈥淪ilver Honors Stone,鈥� because, unlike many silversmiths, Lovato tended to make his stones the stars. Steedman said this focus stemmed partly from his Santo Domingo heritage.

鈥淭he Santo Domingos were truly the lapidaries. They were the stone people 鈥� much more than the Navajos, who were really known for their silver work and would often buy stones from the Santo Domingo Pueblo people,鈥� Steedman said.

Lovato began making jewelry after serving in World War II, and by the early 1970s, he had established his own studio in Kewa Pueblo with his wife, Marie O. Lovato, a jeweler in her own right who made most of his silver chains. Julian Lovato soon developed his own style with unique features that distinguished it from his peers.

鈥淥ne of his signature things was how he raised the stones,鈥� Steedman said. She mentioned a display case containing five rings as an example. 鈥淓ach one of these stones, you can see, is elevated above the ring base itself. And that is something that was truly unique to his designs.鈥�

鈥淪ilver Honors Stone鈥� was curated by Slaney, the Wheelwright鈥檚 collections research associate who has authored six books on Southwestern art and culture.

鈥淒eb is so amazing 鈥� She worked at the Heard Museum in Phoenix 鈥� and I think she was just intrigued to come up here and work primarily with jewelry again, because that鈥檚 her true love,鈥� Steedman said.

Lovato鈥檚 work is particularly interesting, Steedman said, because it moves between contemporary and traditional approaches.

鈥淗e certainly has many really contemporary looks, but I also think, in many ways, he did more of the traditional types (of jewelry) than Charles Loloma did, for example, or Joe Quintana,鈥� Steedman said. 鈥溾�� Even later on, Lovato still went back to his roots and would periodically do things that were a little more traditional.鈥�

Whichever style he worked in, Steedman said, Lovato maintained a meticulous sense of craft.

鈥淭he craftsmanship in his pieces is unrivaled,鈥� she said.

Logan Royce Beitmen is an arts writer for the 近距离内射合集. He covers visual art, music, fashion, theater and more. Reach him at lbeitmen@abqjournal.com or on Instagram at .