MCASD doffs hat to Davies in exhibit Oct 6, 2008
There's one of Craig Kauffman's gorgeous vacuformed plexiglass sculptures from 1968: a simple shape in translucent color hovering on the wall; Vija Celmins' Eggs (1964), a painting that affirms how fascinating banal images can be in a canvas; and Manny Farber's lushly colored, complex mix of natural forms and everyday objects, Batiquitos (1995). Davies describes his approach as all over the map. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Carnegie Museum, in Pittsburgh, shows contemporary art's "Old Masters of tomorrow" May 31, 2008
" The exhibition's highlights include a film and photographs by a Los Angeles artist, Sharon Lockhart - meditative portraits of children whom she came to know during a four-year stay in Pine Flat, California. The film portrays these children interacting in the beautiful landscape surrounding this small rural community, inspiring the viewer to reflect upon the passage of time, human connection and the process of looking. Matthew Monahan's sculptures of human figures, with their broken and... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
All their eggs in one basket May 10, 2008
Vija Celmins's Eggs from the Southern Exposure exhibition ... Southern Exposure includes pieces by relatively well-known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Bill Viola, James Turrell, Chris Burden, Robert Irwin and Vija Celmins, as well as works by younger-generation figures such as Glenn Kaino or Kota Ezawa ... One of the most striking works in the show is superficially the most modest: Vija Celmins's Eggs (1964), a small painting of four eggs cooking in an electric frypan, one with a broken yolk, was... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Carnegie International is a magnet for art lovers May 8, 2008
Vija Celmins -- wins Carnegie Prize ... The venerable Carnegie Prize was awarded to Vija Celmins, a respected figure in her own right, born in 1938 in Latvia and now residing in New York City. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Southern Exposure Mar 21, 2008
Some of the artists are well-known internationally: Robert Irwin, Vija Celmins, Ed Ruscha and Bill Viola. Others, such as Ezawa, Glenn Kaino and the Torolab collective from Tijuana - the Mexican city on the other side of the border from San Diego - are relative newcomers. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Artists Announced for Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International Feb 23, 2008
Life on Mars, the 2008 Carnegie International Artists Doug AITKEN, United States, b. 1968 Kai ALTHOFF, Germany, b. 1966 Mark BRADFORD, United States, b. 1961 CAO Fei, China, b. 1978 Vija CELMINS, United States, b. 1938 Phil COLLINS, England, b. 1970 Bruce CONNER, United States, b. 1933 Peter FISCHLI, Switzerland, b. 1952 and David WEISS, Switzerland, b. 1946 Ryan GANDER, England, b. 1976 Daniel GUZMAN, Mexico, b. 1964 Thomas HIRSCHHORN, Switzerland, b. 1957 Richard HUGHES, England, b. 1974 Mike... (PR Newswire)
Review: Painter Diebenkorn found inspiration in New Mexico desert Oct 19, 2007
It includes drawings by Vija Celmins, William T. Wiley and Yvonne Jacquette, a remarkable early "Rear View Mirror Painting" (1988) by Los Angeles prankster sculptor Tim Hawkinson and a striking black and white lithograph by Sam Francis (1923-1994). Diebenkorn in New Mexico: Paintings, drawings and a sculpture. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The Painting of Modern Life Oct 5, 2007
The subject matter is equally rambling; we have a Jackie Onassis lookalike by Gerhard Richter hung close to an American bomber aircraft by Vija Celmins, which is not far from a Hockney boy about to take a shower and a Venetian tourist scene by Johanna Kandl. Painters have used photographs as aids ever since the 1830s, but this idea of painting like a camera was a deliberate attempt to undermine the conventions of realism in a far less obvious fashion. (Times Online)
SFMOMA's Neal Benezra balances art and money Sep 7, 2007
Among recent acquisitions, "the piece that I'm most pleased about is the Vija Celmins," Benezra said, a preference that accords with his quiet, bemused demeanor. For decades, Celmins has meditated quietly on representation in black-and-white paintings and drawings. (San Francisco Chronicle)
