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Marcel Dzama — Ya es Hora
Marcel Dzama — Ya es Hora
Marcel Dzama — Ya es Hora
Marcel Dzama

Ya es Hora

2019

"Ya es Hora" ("It is Time") places the viewer at the center of a spiraling, jubilant procession of figures rendered in deep cobalt blue, their polka-dotted costumes and outstretched limbs conveying both theatrical spectacle and political charge. Created in 2019 to mark the 60th anniversary of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the work draws its visual language from two distinct historical touchstones. Marcel Dzama looked to Francisco Goya's socially and politically engaged printmaking tradition as a structural and moral compass, while the costuming owes a clear debt to Francis Picabia's 1924 avant-garde Swedish production "Relâche," with its boldly patterned, almost carnivalesque dress. The result is a composition that feels simultaneously rooted in art historical precedent and urgently contemporary, the swirling female-led figures embodying collective momentum and joy rather than pageantry alone. The characters themselves carry an additional layer of biographical resonance for Dzama, as they evolved from his collaboration with choreographer Justin Peck on "The Most Incredible Thing," a New York City Ballet production from 2016. That performance-based partnership clearly left a lasting mark on Dzama's visual vocabulary, and this print extends those figures beyond the stage and into the realm of the collectible object. Produced as an archival pigment print and screenprint on Hahnemühle German Etching 310 gsm paper, the work balances the tactile warmth of a fine art substrate with the precision of digital and hand-pulled printing techniques. Limited to an edition of 36 and hand-signed by the artist, it represents a rare opportunity to acquire a work that bridges Dzama's longstanding institutional relationships with some of the defining cultural institutions of New York. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, lending this modest-format print considerable weight within any serious collection.

Medium
Archival Pigment Print and Screenprint on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310 gsm paper
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Marcel Dzama, Ya es Hora, 2019

"Ya es Hora" ("It is Time") places the viewer at the center of a spiraling, jubilant procession of figures rendered in deep cobalt blue, their polka-dotted costumes and outstretched limbs conveying both theatrical spectacle and political charge. Created in 2019 to mark the 60th anniversary of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the work draws its visual language from two distinct historical touchstones. Marcel Dzama looked to Francisco Goya's socially and politically engaged printmaking tradition as a structural and moral compass, while the costuming owes a clear debt to Francis Picabia's 1924 avant-garde Swedish production "Relâche," with its boldly patterned, almost carnivalesque dress. The result is a composition that feels simultaneously rooted in art historical precedent and urgently contemporary, the swirling female-led figures embodying collective momentum and joy rather than pageantry alone. The characters themselves carry an additional layer of biographical resonance for Dzama, as they evolved from his collaboration with choreographer Justin Peck on "The Most Incredible Thing," a New York City Ballet production from 2016. That performance-based partnership clearly left a lasting mark on Dzama's visual vocabulary, and this print extends those figures beyond the stage and into the realm of the collectible object. Produced as an archival pigment print and screenprint on Hahnemühle German Etching 310 gsm paper, the work balances the tactile warmth of a fine art substrate with the precision of digital and hand-pulled printing techniques. Limited to an edition of 36 and hand-signed by the artist, it represents a rare opportunity to acquire a work that bridges Dzama's longstanding institutional relationships with some of the defining cultural institutions of New York. His works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, lending this modest-format print considerable weight within any serious collection.

Medium
Archival Pigment Print and Screenprint on Hahnemuhle German Etching 310 gsm paper
Dimensions
sheet: 35.6 x 27.9 cm
Year
2019
Edition
of 36
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
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Lincoln Center Editions

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