Research Catalog
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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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | N6537.C4 A4 2017 | Off-site |
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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
- Genre/Form
- catalogs (documents)
- Catalogs.
- Catalogues.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN
- 9781944929138
- 1944929134
- LCCN
- 84405
- OCLC
- on1007580074
- 1007580074
- SCSB-9151218
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library