“American Lydia Kann, who traveled to La Chaux-du-Milieu, presents a triptych about the invasion of Paris by the Germans during the Second World War. It is not strictly speaking a canvas, but a painting on paper, which reinforces the raw, almost brutal side of the installation.”
– Nicolas Heiniger, ArcInfo, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. 5/24/2024
"This is rich material, and Nettler handles it adroitly with her sculptures and drawings which are sparsely black and white but feel as if they can engulf you."
– Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, 10/24/12
"It’s the kind of forest Red Riding Hood might meet a wolf in, or through which Hansel and Gretel might leave a trail of breadcrumbs. Like the massive boreal forests that grow to the north, at the edge of human existence, this is a surreal forest that grows at the edge of our consciousness. Dreamlike… but somehow beguiling and foreboding."
– Mark Roessler, Valley Advocate, 6/3/10
"Surrounded by wraparound charcoal murals, Nettler’s life-size, black-and-white sculpted tree trunks seem to pull viewers into the gallery. Walking toward them is like entering a forest. Enveloping and entrapping, branchless tree trunks loom above…. The enclosing arrangement simultaneously soothes and threatens, protects and intimidates."
– Lisa Amato Lynch, Art New England, 10/06
“The dizzying monochromatic landscape surrounds you… it affects you physically, being effervescent and brooding at the same time…the charcoal work is superb."
– William Jaeger, Albany Times-Union, 10/94
"…the drawing is so filled with energy that the environment…seems infused with the exhilaration one feels in the presence of a real waterfall."
– Peg Churchill Wright, Albany Press, 11/94