Tuesday 25 September 2007

After a Long Silence-There is Much More to Share


Finland's Unnamed Islands Paper map fragments between microscope slides on aluminum shelves, 1 foot x 8 feet, 2000


Finland's Longest RoadPaper map fragment in glass petri dish, 3/4 x 6 x 6 inches, 2000


Coastal Merger, Reconstructed paper map, 15 x 30 inches, 1993

Dissection, manipulation, pathologies, and coastal mergers are but some of what Nina Katchadourian investigates in her maps. You can visit her at http://www.ninakatchadourian.com .
The delicate cut outs, the merging of spaces and creating new identities give her work an ethereal inquisitive appeal.