Nina Elder's Lists: A Collaborative Collection of Fleeting Thoughts
Nina Elder's Lists : A Collaborative Collection of Fleeting Thoughts Original photo from ABOUT | Nina Elder 2024 Nina Elder is a contemporary artist that injects curiosity and inclusion into her work in various ways. One of my favorite series of hers, Lists , portrays these interests in a fascinating way. She and many other local organizations, small towns, and individuals participate in the creation of lists of words inscribed in paper covered in a multitude of materials. At first glance, the words etched out seem random next to each other, but the question asked to provoke the words reveals a beautiful meaning of humanity. In an interview I watched of her at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Elder discussed what inspires her work in Lists . She described how she starts with curiosity in her work, deriving her art from whatever thought or question has been bouncing around her mind. The titles of her lists alone reveal the depth ...