Art 21 Response

Vija Celmins 

https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s2/vija-celmins-in-time-segment/

Serenity. Patience. 

https://www.artnet.com/artists/vija-celmins/whale-a-jTakmaHYi-QUFgivUOY3zg2

Negative Space

This piece is a wood engraving on paper and uses negative space to create the form of a whale’s tale peaking above the water by the white marks surrounding it. The artist carved the white marks leaving the area of the tale negative to create the familiar shape.

https://www.artnet.com/artists/vija-celmins/untitled-large-ocean-a-d1Ea_y5znhNL1kHImkllVw2

Horizontal line

This drawing is placed in a horizontal line on the canvas and is depicting a view of the horizon line of the ocean.