Publisher's Synopsis
The fragile installations of Nina Canell (born 1979 in Vaxjo, Sweden, lives and works in Berlin) are essays on changeability. Electrical equipment and neon tubes establish sculptural, temporary, almost performative connections to water, wood, and stones in which the individual materials influence one another and are constantly in motion. Based on her work with scientific and pseudo-scientific experiments and with natural phenomenon, the fragile vitality of Canell s sculptures sometimes calls our perception of reality into question. She is interested in the unnoticed and unfathomable qualities that so often seem to be lost in everyday life. Evaporation Essays is the first extensive monograph on the artist and includes sculptures from the past three years.
