
Don't make me a target
2017
Marcel Dzama's "Don't Make Me a Target" presents the Winnipeg-born artist's signature visual language at confident scale, rendered in lithograph across a generous 68 × 100 cm sheet dated 2017. The composition draws on Dzama's long-cultivated mythology of masked figures, folkloric theatricality, and darkly playful symbolism, weaving together the sense of performance and latent menace that has defined his practice across drawing, painting, and print. Lithography suits his sensibility particularly well, preserving the intimate quality of his line while allowing the image to exist in a form that carries genuine tactile presence. Dzama has built one of the most immediately recognizable bodies of work in contemporary art, with his imagery held in major institutional collections and his collaborative projects spanning film, sculpture, and large-scale installation. This 2017 print reflects the period in which his visual language had fully matured, absorbing influences from Dada, chess iconography, and mid-century illustration into something wholly his own. The title carries the confrontational directness that recurs throughout his work, positioning the viewer in relation to the figures depicted while leaving the terms of that relationship productively unresolved. Hand-signed by the artist, this work offers collectors a point of entry into Dzama's practice that is both accessible and substantive. The lithograph format means the piece rewards close attention to surface and mark while functioning powerfully at room scale. It is presented unframed, giving the collector full latitude in how the work is installed and displayed.
- Medium
- Lithograph
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
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- Gallery · Artadia Benefit Auction
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