
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.