Marcel Dzama

     Marcel Dzama is a contemporary artist that lives in New York and seems to be a very unusual artist in his own way.  The three paintings seen below seem to have a common theme of interesting characters performing disturbing actions.

      This first painting by Dzama shows a disturbing image of a women shooting of what looks like a wolf.  Surrounded by the helpless animal are a reindeer and a monkey with wings.  I'm not exactly sure what this picture may be depicting but my guess is that "the good" is enjoying watching "the bad"suffer.  The plain white background adds to the coldness of the picture.

      This second image called "Tree with Roots" has many different individuals, both surrounding and in the tree.  Its unusual that the only individuals that are shot and dead by the arrows are men, except for the large head of a man that seems to be worshiped at the top of the tree.  The spooky tree that has a scary face with two legs is also very disturbing.  Maybe this picture is giving off the theme of female power.

     This last picture called "The Last Winter," again has the same unusual characters.  One of the characters seem to be lying dead with only half his body, while another is being hung from the air. Like the other two images, the picture doesn't seem to show much color and gives off a disturbing vibe.  It is rather hard to understand what theme is given off this picture if there even is one. 
     Marcel Dzama definitely has his own taste in what he likes to draw.  Although all these pictures are very interesting and share a similar theme.  They are very gruesome and uncomfortable to look at it.  I would definitely not want one of his paintings lying somewhere around my house.