Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg
Covered by droit de suite
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"Danse Macabre"
Signed Nathalie Djurberg. Executed in 2005. Animated film, DVD, 5:08 min. Edition 2/4 +2 AP. Signed certificate included in lot.
Provenance
Gió Marconi, Milan.
Private Collection, Turin.
Acquired from the above by the present owner.
Literature
Gerald Matt, Nathalie Djurberg, "Denn es ist schon zu leben", 2007, illustrated p. 40 - 41, mentioned p. 86.
Germano Celant, Nathalie Djurberg, "Turn into me", 2009, illustrated on p. 122 - 123.
More information
The auction also contains one of Djurberg and Berg’s early stop motion animations, the video Danse Macabre from 2005. This is how its narrative is described in the exhibition catalogue from Kunsthalle Wien, 2007: “In a labyrinthine suite of rooms with the chessboard-patterned floor so typical of Djuberg’s work, three cigarette-smoking burglars ambush a surprised, wealthy gathering of elegant society people. Sneaking up, with weapons at the ready, the burglars open fire on the celebrants, who, not being quite dead yet, immediately return fire. All those present die, lying on the floor in a puddle of blood. Next, they all come back to life again as zombies and execute a rigidly choreographed danse macabre.”