Marcel Dzama: Revolution Blues
We have the pleasure to present Marcel Dzama鈥檚 fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. Revolution Blues will comprise of new works on paper, sculptures, collages and film.
Drawing is the foundation of Dzama鈥檚 artistry. He got his breakthrough as a young artist with his distinctive colored drawings in saturated shades, self-made fables and a surreal drama and black humor. An image world that could be taken from a fictitious United States, influenced by early superhero comics, science fiction and early Hollywood.
In recent years his drawings have become increasingly complex, both the imagery and the content. His characters has evolved and the plot thickened. You'll find references to art history, dada and surrealism, but also to our contemporary society. Dzama has often woven in fragments of text and quotes in his pictures. In the new works, the texts have more the form of slogans and manifest, that comment on the current political situation of the United States and the World.
The exhibition title Revolution Blues (after a song by Neil Young) marks a political position. In the work Deplorables and Their Simpleton Leader Will Have a Great Fall (2017), a Humpty Dumpty-like figure (suspiciously similar to a newly elected president) speaks from a pulpit, next to him is a wolf prompting. White ghosts by the speaker鈥檚 feet gives us an eerie reminder of the Klu-Klux Klan. Dzama also incorporates feminist thoughts in several of his new works, where titles such as Revolutionen kommer att vara kvinnlig (The Revolution will be Female), Resist and We Have Arrived tell a tale of an alternative path and of change.
In recent years, Marcel Dzama鈥檚 artistry has also included three-dimensional works such as sculpture, assemblages and dioramas, but also film, choreography and scenography. In 2016 he made the scenography and costume for The Most Incredible Thing based on the dark fairytale by H.C. Andersen and performed by The New York City Ballet.
As a part of the exhibition we will be showing Dzamas film Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester鈥檚 Dance) in which the many parts of his rich artistry are brought together. It can be described as a "Dadaist love story", it is inspired by the fierce love affair between Marcel Duchamp and the Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model of Duchamp鈥檚 last great work 脡tant donn茅s. One of the characters are portrayed by musician and artist Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth.
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We have the pleasure to present Marcel Dzama鈥檚 fifth solo exhibition at the gallery. Revolution Blues will comprise of new works on paper, sculptures, collages and film.
Drawing is the foundation of Dzama鈥檚 artistry. He got his breakthrough as a young artist with his distinctive colored drawings in saturated shades, self-made fables and a surreal drama and black humor. An image world that could be taken from a fictitious United States, influenced by early superhero comics, science fiction and early Hollywood.
In recent years his drawings have become increasingly complex, both the imagery and the content. His characters has evolved and the plot thickened. You'll find references to art history, dada and surrealism, but also to our contemporary society. Dzama has often woven in fragments of text and quotes in his pictures. In the new works, the texts have more the form of slogans and manifest, that comment on the current political situation of the United States and the World.
The exhibition title Revolution Blues (after a song by Neil Young) marks a political position. In the work Deplorables and Their Simpleton Leader Will Have a Great Fall (2017), a Humpty Dumpty-like figure (suspiciously similar to a newly elected president) speaks from a pulpit, next to him is a wolf prompting. White ghosts by the speaker鈥檚 feet gives us an eerie reminder of the Klu-Klux Klan. Dzama also incorporates feminist thoughts in several of his new works, where titles such as Revolutionen kommer att vara kvinnlig (The Revolution will be Female), Resist and We Have Arrived tell a tale of an alternative path and of change.
In recent years, Marcel Dzama鈥檚 artistry has also included three-dimensional works such as sculpture, assemblages and dioramas, but also film, choreography and scenography. In 2016 he made the scenography and costume for The Most Incredible Thing based on the dark fairytale by H.C. Andersen and performed by The New York City Ballet.
As a part of the exhibition we will be showing Dzamas film Une Danse des Bouffons (A Jester鈥檚 Dance) in which the many parts of his rich artistry are brought together. It can be described as a "Dadaist love story", it is inspired by the fierce love affair between Marcel Duchamp and the Brazilian sculptor Maria Martins, who was the model of Duchamp鈥檚 last great work 脡tant donn茅s. One of the characters are portrayed by musician and artist Kim Gordon from Sonic Youth.
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