Future Relics: Reclaiming the Past Through Color and Craft presents a dialogue between two artists whose practices, though separated by time, geography, and medium, share a deep engagement with memory, ritual, and the reinvention of history. The late John Nieto, celebrated for his bold Fauvist-inspired palette and striking portrayals of Native dancers, warriors, and wildlife, infused his canvases with both personal heritage and universal vitality. His paintings, at once traditional and contemporary, radiate with color that transforms cultural narratives into timeless expressions. In contrast, Paris-based sculptor Muriel Maire gathers seeds, driftwood, fabric, and other salvaged materials to create works that resemble relics of an imagined ancient civilization. Through weaving, embroidery, and other handcraft traditions, she blurs the boundary between artifact and invention, conjuring objects that feel both unearthed and newly made.

Placed in conversation, Nieto’s luminous paintings and Maire’s earth-toned sculptures reveal striking contrasts—flatness versus dimension, electric hues versus organic textures—but it is in their shared reimagining of the past that deeper connections emerge. Both artists summon echoes of ancestral presence, translating heritage and myth into contemporary form. Together, their works invite viewers to consider how art can reclaim, reinterpret, and renew cultural memory, transforming the fragments of history into vibrant expressions of the present.