Dzama works extensively in sculpture, painting, collage, and film. The artist is also known for his intricate dioramas and large scale polyptychs that draw from his talents across a range of media. Dzama works in multiple disciplines to bring his cast of human figures, animals, and imaginary hybrids to life, and has developed an international reputation and following for his art that depicts fanciful, anachronistic worlds. The artist is also known for his work with The Royal Art Lodge.
Marcel Dzama's work is characterized by an immediately recognizable visual language that draws from a diverse range of references and artistic influences, including Dada and Marcel Duchamp.
Painted in carmines, olives and browns, they're peopled with elegantly wrought figures and filled with dreamlike pageantry. There's a certain logic behind some of his recurring figures. The cowboys, for instance. "That's me trying to grasp whatever masculinity I had. I always drew them amputated because I felt not as macho."
Dzama draws every day and is still surprised by the darkness of his imagination. "I try not to censor myself at all. I'll go, 'Oh that's nasty!' But I'll go with it."
Dzama has proved immune to the digital revolution, resisting the zeal for new technology that really took off when he was still at art school. "Everyone was saying computers were going to be the future of art, everyone had to do something in this medium. And it was almost some sort of rebellion that I wanted to do these small, intimate drawings."
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