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? Vija Celmins

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Mount Holyoke 1987
  • Artist Rooms
Celmins's intense monochromatic images of the night sky, based on photographs, focus on small and individual marks in the context of vastness. The images seem fragile because they record a specific human glimpse through a telescope or camera which is ephemeral and frozen in time. Celmins's serial exploration of her subjects, including the night sky, allows the artist to exploit the distinct characteristics of the variety of media she uses. Celmins participated in a print exhibition and a printmaking workshop at Mount Holyoke College, a liberal arts college for women in Massachusetts in 1987.

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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.

Print

An image pressed or stamped onto paper or fabric. This encompasses a wide variety of techniques, usually produced in multiples, although one-off prints, known as monoprints, are also included. The term is also applied to photographic images.

Medium/ media, Monochrome, Print

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  • Acc. No. AR00471
  • Medium Etching on paper
  • Size 19.30 x 24.70 cm; platemark: 20.00 x 25.40 cm (paper 30.50 x 38.80 cm) (framed: 34.70 x 43.00 x 3.90 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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