Vija Celmins

This week we will be working on tone, and the artist you will be responding to is Vija Celmins. Please check her out here:

http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/celmins/index.html

Watch some of the clips, especially the one on building up surface. If any of you belong to netflix, you can stream the episode of Art 21 that this came from for free (it's season 2). We may watch some of it in class if we have time. You can also see clips of it on youtube here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPQY1IO-Y70

Also check out:

http://mckeegallery.com/artists/vija-celmins/vija-celmins-images/

And do a google image search for her. An awful lot of drawings will come up. Keep in mind that she works primarily in graphite, and look at the way she breaks down tone into shapes. This will be key in your work for the week.