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Marcel Dzama — La révolution sera féminine
Marcel Dzama

La révolution sera féminine

2017

A towering procession of masked and costumed figures unfolds across this large-scale work by Marcel Dzama, rendered in the artist's signature palette of muted earth tones punctuated by bursts of deep red. Completed in 2017, "La révolution sera féminine" draws on Dzama's longstanding vocabulary of theatrical archetypes, folklore, and political allegory, weaving together feminine figures in ceremonial postures that suggest both ritual authority and collective power. The composition carries the quality of a stage set or silent film frame, frozen at a moment of charged anticipation, where beauty and menace coexist without resolution. Dzama, who rose to prominence through his intricate ink drawings before expanding into painting, film, and large-scale installation, has long been drawn to questions of power, performance, and the body politic. Here, the title's declaration, that the revolution will be feminine, functions as both homage and provocation, aligning the work with a lineage of feminist surrealism while filtering it through Dzama's distinctly deadpan sensibility. The figures do not march so much as enact, their movements choreographed with the precision of a Busby Berkeley number crossed with something older and more unruly. At 168.6 by 144.1 centimetres, the work commands physical presence, demanding engagement rather than passive viewing. Offered through Coleccion SOLO, this signed canvas represents a mature statement from one of the most consistently inventive painters working in figurative art today, and its combination of scale, thematic richness, and formal confidence makes it a compelling acquisition for collectors drawn to work that operates equally well as visual spectacle and cultural commentary.

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Marcel Dzama, La révolution sera féminine , 2017

A towering procession of masked and costumed figures unfolds across this large-scale work by Marcel Dzama, rendered in the artist's signature palette of muted earth tones punctuated by bursts of deep red. Completed in 2017, "La révolution sera féminine" draws on Dzama's longstanding vocabulary of theatrical archetypes, folklore, and political allegory, weaving together feminine figures in ceremonial postures that suggest both ritual authority and collective power. The composition carries the quality of a stage set or silent film frame, frozen at a moment of charged anticipation, where beauty and menace coexist without resolution. Dzama, who rose to prominence through his intricate ink drawings before expanding into painting, film, and large-scale installation, has long been drawn to questions of power, performance, and the body politic. Here, the title's declaration, that the revolution will be feminine, functions as both homage and provocation, aligning the work with a lineage of feminist surrealism while filtering it through Dzama's distinctly deadpan sensibility. The figures do not march so much as enact, their movements choreographed with the precision of a Busby Berkeley number crossed with something older and more unruly. At 168.6 by 144.1 centimetres, the work commands physical presence, demanding engagement rather than passive viewing. Offered through Coleccion SOLO, this signed canvas represents a mature statement from one of the most consistently inventive painters working in figurative art today, and its combination of scale, thematic richness, and formal confidence makes it a compelling acquisition for collectors drawn to work that operates equally well as visual spectacle and cultural commentary.

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overall: 168.6 x 144.1 cm
Year
2017
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
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