Vija Celmins : to fix the image in memory / Gary Garrels ; with contributions from Russell Ferguson, Frances Jacobus-Parker, Suzanne Hudson, Ian Alteveer, Briony Fer, Meredith A. Brown, Nancy Lim.

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 ni...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Garrels, Gary (Author)
Corporate Authors: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Issuing body, Publisher, Organizer, Host institution)
Yale University Press (Publisher)
Art Gallery of Ontario (Host institution)
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Organizer, Host institution)
Other Authors: Ferguson, Russell (Contributor)
Jacobus-Parker, Frances (Contributor)
Hudson, Suzanne Perling, 1977- (Contributor)
Alteveer, Ian (Contributor)
Fer, Briony (Contributor)
Brown, Meredith A. (Contributor)
Lim, Nancy (Curatorial assistant) (Contributor)
Celmins, Vija, 1938- (Artist, Interviewee)
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : New Haven, Connecticut : San Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; in association with Yale University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Celmins, Vija, > 1938- > Exhibitions.
Celmins, Vija, > 1938- > Criticism and interpretation.
Celmins, Vija, > 1938- > Themes, motives.
Celmins, Vija, > 1938- > Interviews.
Celmins, Vija, > 1938-
Drawing, American > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Drawing, American > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Photo-realism > United States > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Photo-realism > United States > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Art, Modern > 20th century.
Art, Modern > 21st century.
Latvian American artists > New York (State) > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Latvian American artists > New York (State) > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Women artists > New York (State) > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Women artists > New York (State) > 21st century > Exhibitions.
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Genre:
Exhibitions.
Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:271 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 31 cm
Variant Title:
To fix the image in memory
Format: Book

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