Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Art 21 Response

Vija Celmins 

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

Serenity. Patience. 


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.




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.










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