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Contemporary Counterpoint. Vija Celmins
Culture · Friday, November 6 · 11:00 · Paris
Musée de l'Orangerie, Jardin des Tuileries
Free
Contemporary Counterpoint pays homage to Vija Celmins, the artist who since the late 1960s has developed remarkably precise work focused on surfaces: ocean, desert, sky or snow, which she calls “impossible images,” with no spatial cues, immersing the viewer in infinity. Her works, created between 1971 and 2000, use various techniques (drawing, painting, printmaking, wood engraving) and play with flatness and illusion. Presented in the pronaos and the contemporary hall of the museum, these pieces dialogue with Monet’s Water Lilies and invite a careful, attentive experience…
