A definitive and timely monograph celebrating the work of
ground-breaking conceptual artist Cerith Wyn Evans
Cerith Wyn Evans is one of today's most respected and acclaimed
sculptors. Born in Wales and educated through his first language of
Welsgh, his work reflects his fascination with literature, film, music,
and philosophy. Evans is an artist interested in language and how this
can be perceived in spatial terms.
Originally an experimental filmmaker, in the 1990s Evans started
creating sculptures and installations defined by poetic conceptualism
and elegant aesthetic forms. Often made of neon light, his pieces subtly
disrupt existing systems of communication, either through the subversion
and alteration of given spatial forms or by adopting a communal rather
than a singular, authoritarian voice.
In 2003 Evans represented Wales at the country's inaugural pavilion at
the 50th Venice Biennale. This book, the first comprehensive study
dedicated to his work, includes contributions by luminaries such as the
former Guggenheim Chief, Nancy Spector and the 2011 Venice Biennale
director, Daniel Birnbaum, together with a previously unpublished text
by Evans himself.
