Marcel Dzama: Even the Ghosts of the Past

Marcel Dzama... Untitled (Page 1 of 13) (2007, 13 sketchbook pages, including cover - mixed media on paper). From the exhibition Marcel Dzama: Even the Ghosts of the Past at David Zwirner Gallery in New York. "...Marcel Dzama is best known for his figurative compositions of pen and watercolor on manila-colored paper. Bearing a characteristic palette of muted browns, grays, greens, and reds, Dzama’s drawings are populated by an expansive cast of human, animal, and hybrid
characters. In this exhibition distinct personalities take center stage, most notably the masked and armed 'terrorist.' In the sixteen-part drawing Inflated Threat, 2007, this character is obsessively repeated amongst cowboys, archers, and femmes fatales, suggesting the exaggerated climate of fear and shoot-'em-up mentality at the forefront of American politics."