25/8/2011
Nathalie Djurberg
GL Strand, Copenhagen
Snakes Knows it's Yoga. The exhibition's thematic focus scopes mankind's search for meaning through faith, spirituality and superstition. In an impressive, jungle labyrinth of sculptural works and animation films Djurberg has staged puppets of orthodox priests, meditating yogis and seductive girls. In GL Strand's cinema we will also screen a number of selected earlier film works by Nathalie Djurberg.
Faith, spirituality and superstition! The young Swedish artist Nathalie
Djurberg has created a puppet world and draws us into a world of seduction
and crossing of boundaries. With Snakes Knows it’s Yoga her works are
presented for the first time in a large scale solo exhibition in Denmark.
It is a great joy for us at Kunstforeningen GL STRAND, to be able to present Nathalie Djurberg’s latest
works at Snakes Knows it’s Yoga. The exhibition’s thematic focus scopes mankind’s search for meaning
through faith, spirituality and superstition.
In an impressive, jungle labyrinth of sculptural works and animation films Djurberg has staged puppets
of orthodox priests, meditating yogis and seductive girls. The colourful lighting and music throughout
the exhibition, created by Djurberg’s partner and composer Hans Berg, adds to the installation both a
disturbing and atmospheric dimension.
Head curator at GL STRAND Pernille Fonnesbech says: ”At the Venice Biennale 2009 everyone lined
up to take in the massive, dark, garden of gigantic floral sculptures and film works, created by Nathalie
Djurberg. With their magical and fragile lifelike features, marked by horrible destinies and physical
assault, the puppets belong to a universe that suggest to the viewer both a childlike world and utter
horror”.
In GL STRAND’s cinema we will also screen a number of selected earlier film works by Nathalie
Djurberg. The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue created together with the artists.
Nathalie Djurberg (b. 1978, Lysekil, Sweden) lives and works in Berlin. Her prime medium has since
her time at the Academy at Malmø Kunstakademi been animated puppet films. In 2009 she received the
Silverlion at the Venice Biennale for Promising Young Artist.
The exhibition is created in close collaboration with Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg, and together
with kestnergesellschaft, Hannover and Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam.
Contact: Head of Communication Sibbe Aggergaard
T: + 45 3336 0261 / sa@glstrand.dk
Press meeting 26 August, at 10AM.
GL Strand
Gammel Strand 48, Copenhagen
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Monday: Closed
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