Untitled (Source Materials)
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? Vija Celmins

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Untitled (Source Materials) 1999
  • Artist Rooms
This pile of photographs, featuring images of night skies and ocean surfaces, are examples of the source materials Celmins uses as the basis of her intense monochromatic images. These images focus on small and individual specks in the context of vastness. Celmins's serial exploration of her subjects allows the artist to exploit the distinct characteristics of the variety of media she uses. The images seem fragile because they record a specific human glimpse through a camera which is ephemeral and frozen in time.

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Medium/ media

The material from which an artwork is made, e.g. oil paint, bronze, paper. 'Medium' is also used for the liquid element of paint in which a colouring agent is carried. 'Mixed media' is used when an artist combines several different materials in an artwork.

Monochrome

An image made with a single colour.

Medium/ media, Monochrome

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  • Acc. No. AR00472
  • Medium Iris print
  • Size 35.70 x 30.90 cm (paper 75.90 x 55.70 cm) (framed: 79.70 x 59.50 x 3.70 cm)
  • Credit ARTIST ROOMS National Galleries of Scotland and Tate. Acquired jointly through The d'Offay Donation with assistance from the National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund 2008

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