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Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory

Vija Celmins: To Fix the Image in Memory
Library Shelf Location 18.CELM
Publication Date 2018
Description

"I believe if there is any meaning in art, it resides in the physical presence of a work."-Vija Celmins Best known for her striking drawings of ocean surfaces, begun in 1968 and revisited over many years both in drawings and paintings, Vija Celmins (b. 1938) has been creating exquisitely detailed renderings of natural imagery for more than five decades. The oceans were followed by desert floors and night skies-all subjects in which vast, expansive distances are distilled into luminous, meticulous, and mesmerizing small-scale artworks. For Celmins, this obsessive "redescribing" of the world is a way to understand human consciousness in relation to lived experience. The first major publication on the artist in twenty years, this comprehensive and lavishly illustrated volume explores the full range of Celmins's work produced since the 1960s-drawings and paintings as well as sculpture and prints. Scholarly essays, a narrative chronology, and a selection of excerpts from interviews with the artist illuminate her methods and techniques; survey her early years in Los Angeles, where she was part of a circle that included James Turrell and Ken Price; and trace the development of her work after she moved to New York City and befriended figures such as Robert Gober and Richard Serra.

ISBN 9780300234213
Quantity 1
Pages 272p; 24.9 x 3 x 30.5 cm
Authors Gary Garrels, Ian Alteveer, Briony Fer, Russell Ferguson, Suzanne Hudson
Format Hardback
Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven and London
Related Artist Vija Celmins
Category Artist (relating to a single artist/collaborative team)
Artist's Nationality Latvian, American (USA)
Language English

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