{"id":1692,"date":"2018-12-01T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T11:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-manif9\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2018-12-05T20:04:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T19:04:10","slug":"vija-celmins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wp-manif9\/en\/programmation\/vija-celmins\/","title":{"rendered":"Vija Celmins"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether they depict starry skies or spider webs, Vija Celmins\u2019s hyperrealist drawings are attempts to grasp the universe\u2019s immensity, one detail at a time.<\/p>\n
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<\/p>\n (Riga, Latvia)<\/p>\n Born in 1938 in Riga, Lithuania, Vija Celmins completed a bachelor\u2019s degree at the John Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis in 1962 and a master\u2019s degree in fine arts from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), in 1965. Since then, she has had solo exhibitions of her work at the Secession Building in Vienna, Austria, the Tate Britain in London, UK, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has also taken part in group exhibitions at Documenta\u00a014 in Kassel, Germany, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. A winner of both the Carnegie and Roswitha Haftmann awards, Celmins now lives and works in New York City.<\/p>\n
\nVija Celmins,\u00a0Untitled (Large Night Sky)<\/em>, 2016<\/span><\/p>\nVija Celmins<\/h3>\n