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Rings of Saturn
Steven Claydon Dorota Jurczak
Nathalie Djurberg David Noonan
Saul Fletcher David Wojnarowicz
Thomas Helbig Thomas Zipp

30 September  –  3 December 2006
Nathalie Djurberg
(born 1978, Sweden)
Nathalie Djurberg, Dumstrut, 2006
Nathalie Djurberg
Dumstrut, 2006
Courtesy: The artist and
Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL),
New York
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Djurberg’s animations bring to life stories and scenarios from the furthest reaches of her subconscious mind. The evil nature of her characters’ actions is somehow made acceptable and even humorous because they have been made from plasticine. In Dumstrut a lone figure stands in the corner of a room wearing a dunce’s hat. The same figure then appears in a domestic setting tormenting a cat. The work never attempts to hide the methods of its own construction, thus heightening the artificiality of the entire narrative. Djurberg offers no moral messages in her videos and seems to delight in exposing the viewer to the wickedness of her creations.
 
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Nathalie Djurberg, Dumstrut, 2006
Nathalie Djurberg
Dumstrut, 2006
Courtesy: The artist and Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL),
New York
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