Vija Celmins: New Paintings, Objects, and Prints

April 29 – June 25, 2010

Vija CELMINS
(American, born Riga, Latvia 1938)

Darwin 2008-10
oil on canvas on board
14 x 20 inches

Globe 2009-10
hand-constructed, hand-colored photo polymer gravure from artist’s drawings
printed on Echizen Washi “Shikibu” Gampi paper
diameter: 12 inches
edition of 16

Table with Tablets 2008- 10
Table: wood and acrylic, 6 found tablets, 1 made tablet: wood, acrylic, alkyd oil, and pastel
33 x 18 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches

Black and White Diptych 2010
4-plate 3-color mezzotint with aquatint
printed on Magnani Pescia Satinato bright white paper
image: 11 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches
paper: 20 x 23 1/4 inches
edition of 30

Japanese Book 2007- 10
oil on canvas
18 x 12 1/2 inches

Blackboard Tableau #1 2007- 10
3 found tablets, 7 made tablets: wood, paper, string, acrylic, alkyd oil, and pastel
17 1/4 x 70 1/4 x 2 inches

Amérique 2009- 10
5-plate 7-color aquatint with CNC engraving
spit-bite, drypoint and graphite pencil
printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate bright white paper
24 1/2 x 18 1/4 inches
edition of 22

Blackboard Tableau #2 2007- 10
3 found tablets, 4 made tablets (1 bronze, 3 wood): acrylic, alkyd oil, and pastel
15 1/2 x 18 x 2 1/8 inches

Web Ladder 2010
1-plate 1-color mezzotint
printed on Magnani Pescia Satinato bright white paper
image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches
paper: 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
edition of 30

Divided Night Sky 2010
1-plate 1-color mezzotint
printed on Magnani Pescia Satinato bright white paper
image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches
paper: 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
edition of 30

Reverse Galaxy 2010
2-plate 2-color hard ground etching with sugarlift and drypoint
printed on Magnani Pescia Satinato bright white paper
image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches
paper: 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
edition of 30

Falling Stars 2010
1-plate 1-color mezzotint
printed on Magnani Pescia Satinato bright white paper
image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches
paper: 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
edition of 30

Dark Galaxy 2010
1- plate 1- color mezzotint
printed on Magnani Pescia Satinato bright white paper
image: 11 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches
paper: 16 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches
edition of 30

Blackboard Tableau #4 2007- 10
1 found tablet and 1 made tablet
10 1/2 x 15 x 2 1/8 inches

Table with Gun 2009- 10
Table: wood and acrylic, 3 found tablets, 1 made tablet: bronze, acrylic, alkyd oil, and pastel, 1 made gun: bronze, acrylic, alkyd oil
33 x 18 1/4 x 14 3/4 inches

Starfield 2010
2-plate 1-color mezzotint
printed on Hahnemühle Copperplate bright white paper
image: 23 1/2 x 33 1/4 inches
paper: 26 1/4 x 35 3/4 inches
edition of 30

Slate Tablet 2006- 10
painted cast bronze with string and wood
14 3/8 x 10 x1/2 x 1 1/4 inches

Blackboard Tableau #3 2008- 10
2 made tablets, painted wood
15 x 18 x 2 1/8 inches

Dark Galaxy 2000- 10
oil on canvas
15 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches

Shell 2009- 10
oil on canvas
18 x 13 inches

Double Reverse Galaxy-The Stars 2005
chine collé, spit-bite, drypoint and soft-ground etching
image: 10 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches
paper: 13 1/2 x 29 3/4 inches
edition 1/6