Distinctive, precise and systematic, the art of Ann Veronica Janssens is unparalleled in contemporary art history. The Belgian artist represents a post-minimalist generation of artists who employ various media of expression to process their perceptions of the world. Working primarily with light, she has created an interwoven oeuvre of installations comprising elements such as fog, sound and moving images, as well as projections, urban interventions and lyrical sculptural pieces. In the history of Light Art, Janssens falls somewhere between foregoing generations of artists such as James Turrell and Carlos Cruz-Diez and successors such as Olafur Eliasson and Haroon Mirza.
This catalogue was produced by Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, in collaboration with IAC Institut d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes and Le SHED Centre d'art contemporain de Normandie. It comprises photographic documents of Janssens' solo exhibitions held at both institutions in 2017. Each text provides a different perspective on Janssens and her observations on light, perception, synaesthesia and transcendence, offering fresh tools and ideas for renegotiating our own place and perception of the world.