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Marcel Dzama — Became an Airplane
Marcel Dzama

Became an Airplane

A hauntingly whimsical scene rendered in Dzama's signature flat, muted palette, where enigmatic figures seem to blur the boundary between human and machine in a dreamlike tableau. The oil on board medium lends a dense, tactile quality to the work, grounding its surreal imagery in a sense of quiet, folkloric unease. True to Dzama's narrative style, the composition evokes a strange mythology of transformation, suggesting both flight and surrender.

Medium
oil on board

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Under the Influence

September 16, 2014

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Marcel Dzama, Became an Airplane

A hauntingly whimsical scene rendered in Dzama's signature flat, muted palette, where enigmatic figures seem to blur the boundary between human and machine in a dreamlike tableau. The oil on board medium lends a dense, tactile quality to the work, grounding its surreal imagery in a sense of quiet, folkloric unease. True to Dzama's narrative style, the composition evokes a strange mythology of transformation, suggesting both flight and surrender.

Medium
oil on board
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Surrealism, Aviation, Canadian, Canadian Artist, Muted Palette, Male Artist, Imaginative, Contemporary Artist, Dreamlike, Figurative Art, 21st Century, Narrative Painting, Whimsical, Narrative, Theatrical Imagery, Airplane, Playful, Whimsical Mood, Narrative Imagery, Oil on Board, Panel Painting, Figurative, Contemporary, Mixed Palette

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