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Vija Celmins
- Title
- Vija Celmins / essay by Bob Nickas.
- Author
- Celmins, Vija, 1938-
- Publication
- [New York] : Matthew Marks Gallery, [2017]
- ©2017
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 18-834 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
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- Description
- 138 pages : color illustrations; 27 cm
- Summary
- The Latvian-born, New York-based artist has been rendering nature imagery from black-and-white photographic sources since the 1960s, exploring the same subjects repeatedly in paintings, drawings, and prints. Here, she focuses on two motifs she has employed for several decades: the ocean's surface and the night sky. The imagery, however, is not her foremost concern: "The recognizable image is just one element to consider. The paintings seem more a record of my grappling with how to transform that image into a painting and make it alive." This process can be seen in A Painting in Six Parts (1986-87/2012-16), a group of six oil paintings based on a photograph she took 50 years ago from a pier in Venice, California.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Call Number
- JQF 18-834
- ISBN
- 9781944929138
- 1944929134
- LCCN
- 84405
- OCLC
- 1007580074
- Author
- Celmins, Vija, 1938- artist.
- Title
- Vija Celmins / essay by Bob Nickas.
- Publisher
- [New York] : Matthew Marks Gallery, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- still imagetext
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Nickas, Robert, author.Matthew Marks Gallery, publisher.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 84405
- Research Call Number
- JQF 18-834