Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966 Menil Publications hung with ropes from the

hung with ropes from the floor

Michelangelo Pistoletto

and hermeneutic clearing

Michelle White is senior curator at the Menil Collection

Santa Barbara

Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966 Menil Publications hung with ropes from theThis small, intimately scaled book is the first to concentrate on the compelling early work of Vija Celmins (b. 1938). The artist is best known for her intricate representations of ocean waves, night skies, desert floors, and spider webs. Some of her first subjects, however, were warplanes, smoking guns, and other dangers inspired by images from library books, magazines, and television. In the mid 1960s, Pop Art was making its debut on the West Coast,