"Bats, nurses, Marlene Dietrich, a malevolent figure in a bear suit, two cowboys playing king-of-the-mountain on a rosebush, a group of men placidly eating babies at a makeshift picnic table, while, above them, a tree grows more babies: Marcel Dzama is back. As readers will learn in The Course of Human History Personified, he's a sleepwalker, a sleepdrawer--""I draw during the day, but the ideas come at night."" He records his visions in a bedside-table notebook. The finished work, in ink and watercolor, in a limited color scheme, against empty backgrounds, stripped of narrative context, offers many possible interpretations. Its cast of characters is expansive and in each drawing their roles become more complex and defined. Dzama's influences include Blake, Goya, Botticelli, and James Ensor and his sources encompass native mythology, Inuit art, Dante's Divine Comedy, medieval paintings and American folklore. The title, The Course of Human History Personified, is borrowed from Dante and recalls the grandiose artistic and literary cycles of the nineteenth century such as Thomas Cole's 1836 The Course of Empire, where nature plays as large a role as humans. Here nature is personified--imagined characters and trees and beasts assume base human characteristics. If it's a dark view of the world, it's also an entrancing one."
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Softcover, 80 pages, very good condition; except laminate starting to peel from lower right corner of cover; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra. Seller Inventory # MaDzTi35
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79 S. Buch in GUTEM Zustand, kaum Gebrauchsspuren. Book in GOOD condition, few traces of use. 9780955310218 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Seller Inventory # 2135818
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Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
First edition. Softcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 8 through April 13, 2007. Features the text of a conversation betwen Dzama and Julien Bismuth. Includes numerous color illustrations. A fine copy in wrappers. An as new copy and still in the publisher's shrinkwrap. Seller Inventory # 173967
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Condition: Good. Paperback, richly illustrated in colour.; Book plate in high relief on title-page. Seller Inventory # 292962
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. 80 pages, colour illustrated. Unused, a Fine copy. Seller Inventory # 070155
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Seller: Hennessey + Ingalls, Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A.
Trade Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. 'Bats, nurses, Marlene Dietrich, a malevolent figure in a bear suit, two cowboys playing king-of-the-mountain on a rosebush, a group of men placidly eating babies at a makeshift picnic table, while, above them, a tree grows more babies: Marcel Dzama is back. As readers will learn in The Course of Human History Personified, he's a sleepwalker, a sleepdrawer--''I draw during the day, but the ideas come at night.'' He records his visions in a bedside-table notebook. The finished work, in ink and watercolor, in a limited color scheme, against empty backgrounds, stripped of narrative context, offers many possible interpretations. Its cast of characters is expansive and in each drawing their roles become more complex and defined. Dzama's influences include Blake, Goya, Botticelli, and James Ensor and his sources encompass native mythology, Inuit art, Dante's Divine Comedy, medieval paintings and American folklore. The title, The Course of Human History Personified, is borrowed from Dante and recalls the grandiose artistic and literary cycles of the nineteenth century such as Thomas Cole's 1836 The Course of Empire, where nature plays as large a role as humans. Here nature is personified--imagined characters and trees and beasts assume base human characteristics. If it's a dark view of the world, it's also an entrancing one.' Essays by Jason Rosenfeld and Jason Tougaw. Mild shelf wear at top edge. A few faint scuffs at front and back cover. Overall book is bright, crisp, and clean. Insside and binding are completely unworn. Tight binding. Seller Inventory # 68781
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Seller: Antiquariat Querido - Frank Hermann, Düsseldorf, NRW, Germany
1. Auflage. 23 x 17 cm. 79 S. OKarton. Sehr gutes Exemplar. Text in Englisch. Mit einem Gespräch zwischen Julien Bismuth und Marcel Dzama. Durchgehend mit meist farbigen Abbildungen versehen. Sprache: englisch. Seller Inventory # 67760BB
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Seller: BuchKunst-Usedom / Kunsthalle, Seebad Ahlbeck, Germany
1. Aufl. Sprache: Englisch - / Marcel Dzama (* 1974 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) ist ein kanadischer Zeichner, Objektkünstler und Filmemacher. - Er ist bekannt für seine kleinformatigen Tusche- und Aquarellzeichnungen, die hauptsächlich die Verschmelzung von Mensch und Tier darstellen. Neben dem Zeichnen umfasst sein künstlerisches Schaffen auch Videoinstallationen, Skulpturkunst und Polyptychonwerke. (Sehr gut erhalten - neuwertig / in very good condition - as new) Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 600 Broschur m. Schutzumschlag / Softcover with dust-jacket. Seller Inventory # 406678
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Seller: Ursus Books, Ltd., New York, NY, U.S.A.
London. Timothy Taylor Gallery. MARCEL DZAMA: Moving Picture. Artist interview by Julien Bismuth; 80 pp., 63 color plates, numerous color and b&w figures. 8vo, wraps. 2007. Dzama's recent show at the Timothy Taylor gallery introduced a new body of work, including a 30 minute film and works on paper. This catalogue includes 63 watercolor, ink, and collages on paper, presented one to a page. Seller Inventory # 124719
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