Vija Celmins

Pencil, 1968
acrylic on canvas on wood
3 x 66 x 3 inches (8 x 168 x 8 cm)
© Vija Celmins, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Vija Celmins https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2018/12/CELMv_GF_Pencil-1067x800.jpg A large sharpened gray pencil laying on a concrete floor.

Blackboard Tableau #14, 2011-2015
one found object and one made object: alkyd oil, acrylic, and pastel on wood
each 18 ¾ x 24 x 2 ½ inches (48 x 61 x 6 cm)
© Vija Celmins, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Vija Celmins https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2018/12/CELMv_GF_BlackboardTableau14-1067x800.jpg Two shabby-looking framed blackboards, lightly dusted with green-tinted pastel, are mounted on a white wall.

Reverse Night Sky #4, 2015-2017
oil on canvas 
54 x 66 inches (137 x 168 cm)
© Vija Celmins, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Vija Celmins https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2018/12/CELMv_GF_ReverseNightSky-1067x800.jpg A rectangular canvas painted white has been splattered with black dots of various, but tiny, sizes.

A Painting in Six Parts, 1986-87/2012-16
oil on canvas, six parts
15 ⅛ x 254 inches (38 x 645 cm) overall
© Vija Celmins, courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
Photo: courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery
courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery

Vija Celmins https://www.glenstone.org/wp-content/uploads/prod/2018/12/CELMv_GF_PaintingInSixParts.jpg In a gallery with white walls and gray concrete floors, 6 square dark and light gray canvases hang in a horizontal line about two feet apart.