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Contemporary Counterpoint. Vija Celmins
Culture · Wednesday, November 4 · 11:00 · Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries
Free
The contemporary counterpoint highlights Vija Celmins, an artist whose work since the late 1960s has been extremely precise, focusing on surfaces: ocean, desert, sky, or snow, which she calls “impossible images,” without spatial references, immersing the viewer in infinity. Her works, made between 1971 and 2000, use different techniques (drawing, painting, printmaking, wood engraving) and play with flatness and illusion. Presented in the pronaos and the contemporary gallery of the museum, these pieces dialogue with Monet’s Water Lilies and invite an attentive experience…
