Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966 Menil Publications Michelangelo Pistoletto

Michelangelo Pistoletto

Caitlin Haskell

Santa Barbara

hung with ropes from the floor

at once simple and enigmatic

Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–1966 Menil Publications Michelangelo PistolettoThis 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,