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ELGA WIMMER PCC - Ulla Enevoldsen, Vibeke Fuglsang Damgaard

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Channel: NYC GALLERY OPENINGS · 2014 · People & Blogs

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Habitat: 
Ulla Enevoldsen and Vibeke Fuglsang-Damgaard

December 5th, 2013 through January 15th, 2014 
Opening Reception: Thursday, December 12th, 2013
from 6-8 P.M.


Ulla Enevoldsen likens the abundance and longevity of nature to humanity 
composing her works out of hand-made paper sometimes combining it with 
other materials like metal, stone, or even optic fibers. Consequently in her 
Human Snow Crystal, appears a human form juxtaposed upon a cut out of a 
snowflake. Enevoldsen works with other celestial phenomena as well orbs 
that can be read as galaxies, the moon, sun or planets. Moreover, she 
creates interactive sculptures such as Sea Gobble and Wave that come alive 
as the viewer approaches. At times they emit repetitive ocean wave sounds 
while simultaneously responding to light. With her constantly changing 
sculptures Enevoldsen overcomes staticity, creating dynamic pieces that 
interact with the viewer. Enevoldsen's installations although beautiful and 
subtle in coloration, contain a critical twist that is evident in such orb pieces 
as Ice and Stone, Ice Holes, and in Ice Sandseen in their deteriorating 
aspects. Ice and Stone's cool grayish/turquoise colors and pock marked 
surface are reminiscent of a moonscape while Ice Holes emits a feeling of 
coldness and melting ice in its blueness, and Ice Sand is much like a 
burning dessert.

Fuglsang-Damgaard is environmentally aware with a focus on water energy 
from which everything flows. Her interest in water flows with that of the 
writer Austrian Viktor Schauberger whose works inspired her. He wrote of 
water reaching its highest density at four degrees, that it gains energy in 
curves and spirals, creating enough counter-streaming for trout to jump 
upward in a river. In her statement, Fuglsang-Damgaard points out that we 
live in water (amniotic fluid) before we are born. In her installation, a 
leaking faucet is attached to a pink cardboard box instead of a natural 
source. Furthermore, the box is open, as it ostensibly appears, the water has 
been depleted. In another area of the installation water is spilling out of an 
open blue box while nearby aquatic life forms appear to be swimming 
downstream. Visible upon closer examination these fish shaped forms 
contain hooks with fishing flies that necessitate we read them critically. 
Similarly, in the same installation is a heart-shaped area comprised of black 
daggers with blue water drops painted on them. What becomes obvious is 
that Fuglsang-Damgaard is an artist dedicated to the continuity of life 
creating her works from recycled materials so as to contribute to its survival.   
All of the works in this show formulate a holistic message about the world's 
survival and the abuses perpetrated by humanity on the natural habitat.


FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

ELGA WIMMER PCC 
526 West 26th Street, Suite 310 
New York, N.Y. 10011 
212-206-0006

[email protected]

or the curators 

Thalia Vrachopoulos, 
212-691-7978, [email protected]  

Suechung Koh 
201- 724-7077 [email protected]

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