Marcel Dzama
Who's That Girl
circa 2000s

Name: Who's That Girl
Brand: Marcel Dzama
Price: 12500 USD
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About the Item

With his unmistakable version of contemporary Surrealism, Marcel Dzama is one of the most successful Canadian artists. Born in Winnipeg in 1974, Dzama had an international reputation by the time he was 30. In the 1990s, as one of the founding members of the Royal Art Lodge, Dzama contributed to the renaissance of figurative art and simultaneously put Winnipeg on the map as a center for Canadian creativity. Dzama's works are instantly recognizable for their subject and style. He often takes banal scenes or characters and injects them with menacing, eerie, or twisted details that can border on the absurd, yet with a touch of fun. In this untitled work (aka “Who's That Girl”) we find a snickering group huddled together as they point toward a topless woman standing ahead with her back turned. Their unsettling laughter reveals a mix of amusement, discomfort, and perhaps even cruelty. A sense of unease pervades the scene as the vulnerable woman shifts her eyes away, her face filled with concern and dismay. Like the best of Dzama's work, the viewer is drawn in with obscure clues and asked to assemble a narrative or just enjoy his wacky imagination. Dzama's work can be found in a host of prestigious public and private collections including Paris' Centre Georges Pompidou, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the MoMA, Le Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. He is particularly favored by celebrity collectors including Brad Pitt, Jim Carrey, and Steve Martin. Questions about this piece? Contact us. Untitled ("Who's That Girl") Canada, c. 2000s Ink and mixed media on paper Signed by artist on bottom right 23.25"H 17.75"W (work) 28.25"H 22.75"W (framed) Very good condition

Creator:

Marcel Dzama (1974, Canadian)

Creation Year:

circa 2000s

Dimensions:

Height: 23.25 in (59.06 cm)Width: 17.75 in (45.09 cm)

Medium:

Mixed Media,Ink,Watercolor

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

2000-2009

Condition:

Very good condition.

Gallery Location:

Toronto, CA

Reference Number:

Seller: 06-231stDibs: LU215212455442

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Dzama was born in 1974 in Winnipeg, Canada. Dzama received his BFA in 1997 from the University of Manitoba. He has been represented by David Zwirner since 1998 and has had many solo exhibitions. Dzama has exhibited widely in solo and group presentations throughout the United States and abroad. Marcel Dzama: An End to the End Times was on view through August of 2021 at the Savannah College of Art and Design Museum of Art, Georgia. Also in 2021, the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland will present a solo exhibition of the artist’s work entitled Marcel Dzama: Tonight We Dance. In 2018, the solo exhibition Ya es hora was presented at Galería Helga de Alvear in Madrid and A Jester’s Dance was shown at University of Michigan Museum of Art in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In 2017, La Casa Encendida in Madrid exhibited Drawing on a Revolution, a solo show of the artist’s work. In 2015, the artist’s film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester’s dance) was presented alongside related two- and three-dimensional work in a solo show at the World Chess Hall of Fame in St. Louis. In 2010, a major survey of the artist's work was held at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal in Montreal. In 2016, the artist created the costume and stage design for New York City Ballet’s The Most Incredible Thing, a performance based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. Coinciding with the performance, Dzama also created an installation in the Promenade of the David H. Koch Theater as part of the New York City Ballet Art Series, titled The tension around which history is built. Work by the artist is held in museum collections worldwide, including the Dallas Museum of Art; Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate, London; and the Vancouver Art Gallery. Dzama lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.