Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966 Regular Merchandise professor of medieval art history

professor of medieval art history at the University of Notre Dame

They take on complex issues of cultural heritage

and perceptual

“questions the way we see and all the different systems of seeing

but rather the first focused look at the artist's use of line

Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966 Regular Merchandise professor of medieval art historyThis 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,