{"id":8364,"date":"2019-10-01T10:00:09","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T14:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8364"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T20:37:08","slug":"vija-celmins-at-matthew-marks-gallery-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/01\/vija-celmins-at-matthew-marks-gallery-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Vija Celmins, Ocean at Matthew Marks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vija Celmins\u2019 once <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/02\/09\/arts\/design\/vija-celmins-matthew-marks-gallery.html\">described<\/a> her relationship to the ocean, which she has rendered again and again in paint, graphite and prints, as akin to wrestling something huge into a tiny 2-D space.\u00a0 This woodcut from 2000, created with one of printmaking\u2019s oldest techniques, captures a particular view of the water\u2019s surface that looks as if it could have been made yesterday or hundreds of years ago.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewmarks.com\/new-york\/exhibitions\/2019-09-13_vija-celmins\/works-in-exhibition\/\">Matthew Marks Gallery<\/a> through Oct 26<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8365\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8365\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/01\/vija-celmins-at-matthew-marks-gallery-2\/vija_celmins-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8365\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8365\" src=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vija_celmins.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vija_celmins.jpg 2052w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vija_celmins-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/vija_celmins-500x397.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8365\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vija Celmins, Ocean, wood engraving on Zerkall paper, 20 \u00be x 17 \u00bc inches, 2000.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vija Celmins\u2019 once described her relationship to the ocean, which she has rendered again and again in paint, graphite and prints, as akin to wrestling something huge into a tiny 2-D space.\u00a0 This woodcut from 2000, created with one of printmaking\u2019s oldest techniques, captures a particular view of the water\u2019s surface that looks as if &hellip; 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