Untitled (Coma Berenices #3) (detail), 1973, Vija Celmins. Graphite on acrylic ground on paper. Collection of Mary Patricia Anderson Pence. © Vija Celmins, Courtesy Matthew Marks Gallery. Photo: Glen Cheriton
Paper and Light
GETTY CENTER
Daily, through January 19, 2025
West Pavilion, Plaza Level
Free
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Artists have for centuries explored the interaction of paper and light. This exhibition of drawings charts some of the innovative ways in which the two media were creatively used together. Works include the Museum’s extraordinary 12-foot-long transparency by Carmontelle—essentially an 18th-century motion picture—which will be shown lit from behind as originally intended. Drawings by more contemporary artists including Vija Celmins will join sheets by Tiepolo, Delacroix, Seurat, and Manet to portray the themes of translucency and the representation of light.