Marcel Dzama
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Marcel Dzama (born 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian artist living in New York City known for small-scale ink and watercolor drawings of human figures, animals, and imaginary hybrids. Dzama has a BFA from the University of Manitoba.
[edit] Work
Dzama typically uses a muted, melancholic color palette of browns and greens, drawing from nature and army textiles. He often employs root beer base as an artistic medium. [1] In addition to ink and watercolor drawings, Dzama also creates many collages. A recent departure for Dzama is the move into large-scale polyptychs, sculpture, and video.
Dzama is known for providing the cover art to a number of major albums, notably The Else by They Might Be Giants and Guero by Beck. His costume designs can also be seen in the music video for the Bob Dylan song "When the Deal Goes Down."
Since 1998, Dzama has been represented by the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City, at which he has had numerous solo exhibitions.[2] In 2006 he had a major exhibition at the Ikon Gallery in Birmingham, England, which traveled to the Centre for Contemporary Art in Glasgow, Scotland.[3]
Dzama co-founded the Royal Art Lodge artist collective in Winnipeg in 1996.[4]
McSweeney's has published two collections of his work, The Berlin Years in 2003 (reprinted in 2006) and a follow-up, The Berliner Ensemble Thanks You All, in 2008.
His works are held in the collection of the Tate museum.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ The Berlin Years, interview with Marcel Dzama by Sarah Vowell, McSweeney's, 2006.
- ^ David Zwirner: Marcel Dzama
- ^ Ikon Gallery: Marcel Dzama: Tree with Roots
- ^ The Royal Art Lodge: bio
- ^ Tate Collection: Marcel Dzama
[edit] External links
- David Zwirner Marcel Dzama
- artnet Marcel Dzama
- The New York Times Magazine "Drawn to Trouble"
- NOW Magazine "Drawing power: Marcel Dzama"
- Sies + Höke Biography, bibliography, image gallery
- BBC Collective Video tour of show at Ikon Gallery, interview, image gallery
- BBC Imagine Exquisite corpse to which Dzama contributed
