This work has been described as "talismanic objects" that create impressions of spiritual, emotional, and philosophical notions and meanings.

[5] Nonas' oeuvre is known for modular sculptural installations, primarily in stone or wood, in interior and exterior settings.

[11] Courtney Fiske has written that Nonas treated "space as a material", in that each work is intended to be a "blunt insertion into the viewer's surrounds.

"[12] Joyce Beckenstein writing for the magazine Sculpture, described Nonas' studio as a "Wunderkammer piled high with artifacts and relics as well as past and in-progress works....with the unexpected surprises of an archaeological dig.

[16] In 2012, at the abandoned village, Vière et les Moyennes Montagnes, Digne-les-Bains, France, he created a permanent installation.