Archetypes of aggression

This project is the artist's view of aggression, which has been a part of our society for centuries. Is aggression inevitable and can it be constructive? To answer these questions, the artists refers not to the usual kinds of aggression such as terrorism, wars or murders but to the objects that conceal aggression under the external cover of beauty and vulnerability.

The project includes 7 installations with ceramics, live organisms, found objects, videos and exhibits from the collection of the Darwin museum: “The charm of evil”, “Days, Hours, Minutes, Years”, “Paranoia”, “Aggression of a victim”, “Role models”, “Reading between the lines”, “The histograms of the Plosky Tolbachik”. The author tries to understand and to feel the true meaning of natural processes using creative methods.

“Rigidness and cruelty in the “Archetypes of aggression” are veiled by a bright, carnival creative form and displayed as an alternative borderline state so typical for a human” – says a curator of the project and an artist Sergey Yaralov.

"The objects of all installations reflect the natural elements, creating associations with the concept of aggression as a phenomenon of human nature, deeply rooted in prehistory" – Natalia Khlebtsevich.

Natalia Khlebtsevich lives and works in Moscow. She graduated the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts and completed postgraduate study in art history. Natalia is a professor at the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts and a member of the International Academy of Ceramics IAC (Geneva), a member of the Moscow Union of Artists and the International Federation of Artists. Natalia took part in many Russian and foreign exhibitions, a laureate of many Russian and international competitions, her projects were nominated twice for The Kandinsky Prize.  

The works by Natalia Khlebtsevich are kept in the collections of the All-Russian Decorative Art Museum, the Museum of the Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts, the Museum of the Moscow Architectural Institute in Moscow and many others.

The charm of evil

An installation of 12 wall-mounted ceramic layers.

An installation made of porcelain, raw clay and growing mushrooms

Paranoia

An installation of 350 clay pots, animal fur, video

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