Energy Budget

Nina Canell

BornNationalityBased In
1979SwedishBerlin
Biography

The practice of Swedish artist Nina Canell sheds light on immaterial, intangible forces and relations between objects. Her sculptures objectify these invisible transfers, expressed in tangible form. Canell’s practice, which often involves electrical currents, is informed by how energy is negotiated, interrupted and displaced. The artist is interested in how her sculptures can act as conduits that move, transmit and extend the energy that runs through them. Canell mixes electricity with sound and solid matter and plays with weight and gravity, with many sculptures appearing suspended in space, unconstrained and liberated. Assemblages are formed from various materials, tightly woven into compact sculptures or scattered across the gallery floor as enigmatic utopian detritus. ...

Selected Artworks
Gum Shelf
Nina CanellGum Shelf, 2017Price on Request
Satin Ions (Weak)
Nina CanellSatin Ions (Weak), 2017Price on Request
Polyethylene Feels
Nina CanellPolyethylene Feels, 201949.1 x 36.2 x 1.8cmPrice on Request
Polyethylene Feels
Nina CanellPolyethylene Feels, 201949.1 x 36.2 x 1.8cmPrice on Request
Muscle Memory
Nina CanellMuscle Memory, 201965 x 10 x 15cmPrice on Request
Background
Nina CanellBackground, 2019Price on Request
Metallurgic Weather
Nina CanellMetallurgic Weather, 20194 x 44 x 3.8cmPrice on Request
Brief Syllable (Septupled)
Nina CanellBrief Syllable (Septupled), 2019117 x 13 x 13cmPrice on Request
Perpetuum Mobile (25 kg)
Nina CanellPerpetuum Mobile (25 kg), 2014Price on Request
Pneus
Nina CanellPneus, 2019Price on Request
Energy Budget
Nina CanellEnergy Budget, 2017Price on Request
Shedding Sheaths (D)
Nina CanellShedding Sheaths (D), 2018Price on Request
Cucumbery
Nina CanellCucumbery, 201835 x 35cmPrice on Request
Muscle Memory (12 tonnes)
Nina CanellMuscle Memory (12 tonnes), 2021Price on Request
Silurian Slurs
Nina CanellSilurian Slurs, 202162 x 62 x 118cmPrice on Request
Energy Budget
Nina CanellEnergy Budget, 2024Price on Request
Hardscapes (27 kg)
Nina CanellHardscapes (27 kg), 202371 x 60 x 7cmPrice on Request
Polyethylene Feels
Nina CanellPolyethylene Feels, 2019101 x 75 x 3cmPrice on Request
Gallery Representation
Biennals
La Biennale de Lyon2015 - Lyon
La Biennale de Lyon2015 - Lyon
The Biennale of Sydney2012 - Sydney
The Biennale of Sydney2012 - Sydney
Liverpool Biennial2010
Venice Biennial2010 - Venice
Venice Biennial2010 - Venice
Liverpool Biennial2010
Gwangju Biennial2008 - Gwangju
Manifesta2008
Manifesta2008
Gwangju Biennial2008 - Gwangju