Vija Celmins: 4 Decades
2007 / 57 min. / color
Directed by Michael Blackwood
Featuring: Vija Celmins, Gary Garrels
Best known for her drawings of the ocean and the galaxies of the night sky, Vija Celmins has solidified herself as one of the most important artists of the postwar generation. Stepping back from painting in order to explore her photorealistic drawing style, Celmins creates spectacularly precise renderings of the natural world. In her forty year retrospective at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Celmins recalls her beginnings in abstraction, her choices of subject matter after freeing herself of the New York School influence, and her later immersion in what must be termed her great master drawings.
Directed by
Michael Blackwood
Cast
Vija Celmins
Gary Garrels
Produced by
Michael Blackwood
Cinematography by
Mead Hunt
Film Editing by
Joelle Schon
Production Management
Elinor Feist … production manager
Sound Department
Ken King … sound recordist
Additional Crew
Claudia Scholz … production assistant
Grant Wheeler … production assistant
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