Dzama, Marcel | A Blind Man’s Scrap Book (Skull), 2018 — available on Composition Gallery

Signed and dated in pencil, not framed

A Blind Man’s Scrap Book (Skull) by Marcel Dzama, created in 2018, is a drawing rendered in colored pencil that presents a haunting yet whimsical skull. The piece is composed of swirling red and blue lines overlaid with dark, expressive shading around the eye sockets and teeth, creating an intense gaze from the hollow eyes. The lines are chaotic, lending the skull a sense of energy and impermanence, as if it were vibrating or in motion. Dzama’s distinctive style combines simplicity with emotional depth, using minimal elements to convey a complex mood, blending themes of life, death, and the surreal.

Marcel Dzama (Canada, 1974) is a multidisciplinary artist celebrated for his whimsical drawings, sculptures, and dioramas. His works often feature surreal characters and dreamlike narratives, drawing on influences from Dada, folklore, and pop culture. Dzama’s distinctive style and imaginative worlds have earned him international acclaim.

Marcel Dzama

A Blind Man’s Scrap Book (Skull), 2018

Name: A Blind Man’s Scrap Book (Skull), 2018
SKU: 8581
Price: 1600.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Form

Drawing / Watercolor

Drawing / WatercolorDrawing and watercolor are two traditional art techniques which stand alone as media, but are often used in conjunction with each other. Drawing can create the basic outlines for watercolor painting. Drawing over dried watercolor or using watercolor pencils are combined media techniques.

Medium

Coloured pencil

Coloured pencilColored pencils consist of a core made from various colored pigments mixed with a binder, encased in wood. They can also be found as solid pigment sticks without the wooden casing. When drawing, the pigment is transferred to a surface, allowing for lines and shading in different thicknesses.

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Signed and dated in pencil, not framed

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The process of the body changing and making a whole human fascinates me.
- Marcel Dzama

Heavily influenced by the Surrealist and Folk-Art movement, Marcel Dzama is an acclaimed artist whose works span a wide body of mediums including film, painting and sculpture. Perhaps the most celebrated of his works are his intricate watercolour and ink drawings that depict a variety of characters including chess pieces; trees with hands and masked semi-nude females – the latter can be seen in The Renowned Union Jackoff, an erotic and ritualistic, yet disturbing piece. Dzama has repeatedly cited Marcel Duchamp as one of his biggest inspirations – chess was quite often a central motif throughout Duchamp’s work, and is a motif that Dzama has adopted himself – for his video, A Game of Chess; the video depicts life-sized Kings, Queens and Rooks battling for supremacy.

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