Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg
For immediate release: March 22, 2011
STOP-MOTION ANIMATION AND SCULPTURE FEATURED IN FOCUSED EXAMINATION OF RECENT WORKColumbus, OH—Nathalie Djurberg, who won the prestigious Silver Lion for Promising Young Artist at the Venice Biennale in 2009, makes her Ohio debut with an exhibition at the Wexner Center surveying some of the most important developments in her work from 2006–2009. This constellation of works, on view March 26–July 31, 2011 in an exhibition titled Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg, includes four stop-motion animation films and five sculptures that together demonstrate the range and recent evolution of her practice.
Djurberg’s work examines the entire spectrum of human behavior, unflinchingly revealing the inhumanities and abuses of power that too often characterize our interactions with one another. Her art brings together time-honored traditions of puppet theater and more recent techniques of stop-motion animation in a forum for social commentary that is both historically grounded and thoroughly contemporary.
The subjects she addresses in her videos are undoubtedly prompted by real incidents reported nearly every day in the news: massacres of innocent civilians in wartime, racial discrimination under colonial and post-colonial regimes, or sexual abuse by those in positions of power. The music is scored by her only close collaborator, composer Hans Berg.
Notes Sherri Geldin, Director of the Wexner Center, “The artist treats uncomfortable—even repellent—subjects in quite horrific detail, yet somehow manages to maintain the humanity of perpetrators and victims alike. This is ultimately what makes her art so radical, socially courageous, and compelling.”
The videos on view will be: New Movements in Fashion (2006; 9 mins., 28 secs.), The Natural Selection (2006; 11 mins., 28 secs.), It’s All About Painting (2007; 4 mins., 57 secs.), and The Experiment (Greed) (2009; 10 mins., 45 secs).
Notes Chief Curator Christopher Bedford, who organized this show, “Through her consistently topical, often brave work, Nathalie Djurberg asks some of the most challenging questions being posed in contemporary art. This exhibition will demonstrate the artist’s pursuit of a core set of social questions, as well her distinctive use of stop-motion animation, a medium for which her work has become a benchmark.”
This exhibition is recommended for mature audiences.
A gallery guide about this show, produced by the Wexner Center, will be available.
The Spring Exhibitions Opening Celebration will be held Friday, March 25 (member preview 6–7 pm, general public 7–9 pm).
Djurberg, who was born in Sweden, currently lives and works in Berlin. She has been featured in shows at the Tate Modern, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the New Museum, and Centre Pompidou, and at the Venice Biennale.
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Nathalie Djurberg New Movements in Fashion (still), 2006 Clay animation, digital video 9 mins., 24 secs. Edition of 4 Music by Hans Berg |
Nathalie Djurberg New Movements in Fashion (still), 2006 Clay animation, digital video 9 mins., 24 secs. Edition of 4 Music by Hans Berg |
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Nathalie Djurberg The Experiment (Greed) (still), 2009 Clay animation, digital video 10 mins., 45 secs. Edition of 4 Music by Hans Berg Courtesy of Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, and Giò Marconi, Milan |
Nathalie Djurberg The Experiment (Greed) (still), 2009 Clay animation, digital video 10 mins., 45 secs. Edition of 4 Music by Hans Berg Courtesy of Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, and Giò Marconi, Milan |
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Nathalie Djurberg It’s All about Painting (still), 2007 Clay animation, digital video 4 mins., 52 secs. Edition of 4 Music by Hans Berg Courtesy of Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, and Giò Marconi, Milan |
Nathalie Djurberg The Natural Selection (still), 2006 Clay animation, digital video 11 mins., 28 secs. Edition of 4 Music by Hans Berg Courtesy of Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, and Giò Marconi, Milan |
VISITOR INFO
Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg will be on view March 26–July 31, 2011 at the Wexner Center for the Arts, 1871 N. High St. (at 15th Ave.) on the campus of The Ohio State University in Columbus. Gallery hours are Tuesday–Wednesday and Sunday 11 am–6 pm; Thursday–Saturday 11 am–8 pm; closed Mondays. Recommended for mature audiences. Walk-In Tours are held most Thursdays at 5 pm and most Saturdays at 1 pm (check wexarts.org for exceptions). Admission is $5; free for Wexner Center members, college students, and visitors 18 and under; free Thursdays from 4 to 8 pm and the first Sunday of the month.
Other exhibitions on view during this time: Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room and Double Sexus: Hans Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois. On view in the lower lobby February 4–April 17, 2011: Three works from Candice Breitz's two-channel video series Factum (2009). On view in the lower lobby April 20–August 15, 2011: Rineke Dijkstra's video Annemiek (1997). On view outside through May 30: Erwin Redl's FETCH. Also on view: video works in The Box, changing monthly. More info on bus routes, parking, and other visitor information: wexarts.org/info/visit or 614- 292-3535.
Other exhibitions on view during this time: Pipilotti Rist: The Tender Room and Double Sexus: Hans Bellmer and Louise Bourgeois. On view in the lower lobby February 4–April 17, 2011: Three works from Candice Breitz's two-channel video series Factum (2009). On view in the lower lobby April 20–August 15, 2011: Rineke Dijkstra's video Annemiek (1997). On view outside through May 30: Erwin Redl's FETCH. Also on view: video works in The Box, changing monthly. More info on bus routes, parking, and other visitor information: wexarts.org/info/visit or 614- 292-3535.
Contact us
Karen Simonian
Director of Media and Public Relations
(614) 292-9923
ksimonian@wexarts.org
Tim Fulton
Media Coordinator
(614) 688-3261
tfulton@wexarts.org
Director of Media and Public Relations
(614) 292-9923
ksimonian@wexarts.org
Tim Fulton
Media Coordinator
(614) 688-3261
tfulton@wexarts.org
EXHIBITION SUPPORT
Human Behavior: Nathalie Djurberg with Music by Hans Berg was organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts.
