{"product_id":"9781944929138","title":"Vija Celmins","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume catalogs Vija Celmins’ (born 1938) first new body of work since 2010, featuring paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Latvian-born, New York–based artist has been rendering nature imagery from black-and-white photographic sources since the 1960s, exploring the same subjects repeatedly in paintings, drawings and prints. Here, she focuses on two motifs she has employed for several decades: the ocean’s surface and the night sky. The imagery, however, is not her foremost concern: “The recognizable image is just one element to consider. The paintings seem more a record of my grappling with how to transform that image into a painting and make it alive.” This process can be seen in \u003ci\u003eA Painting in Six Parts\u003c\/i\u003e (1986–87\/2012–16), a group of six oil paintings based on a photograph she took 50 years ago from a pier in Venice, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marks, Matthew Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048108409072,"sku":"9781944929138","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781944929138_p0.jpg?v=1763769372","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781944929138","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}