Date of Award
Winter 1-3-2020
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art & Art History
First Advisor
Howard Singerman
Second Advisor
Harper Montgomery
Academic Program Adviser
Maria Pelizzari
Abstract
During her nineteen years spent in California (1962-81), the young Vija Celmins formulated a distinct landscape informed by California’s physical topography as well as the stylistic and materialistic advances resulting from the city’s newfound cultural awakening. With an intimate technical application, Celmins engages viewers with the spatial and optical facets of desert, sea, and sky.
Recommended Citation
Lebowitz, Jessie, "Somewhere between Distance and Intimacy: Vija Celmins in California 1962-1981" (2020). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/546
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