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Dzama, Marcel : The Berliner Ensemble Thanks You All

McSweeney's Books, San Francisco, CA, 2008

ISBN 1932416994

First Edition / First Printing. As New in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 65 pages. Collection of art and other compositions. The sequel to Marcel Dzama's "The Berlin Years" (2003). Now considered a contemporary art classic. The First Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent editions. Published in a small and limited print run as a softcover original only. The First Edition is now scarce. A brilliant production by Marcel Dzama and McSweeney's Books: Art and text by Marcel Dzama. The work is presented in two separate volumes: Volume One is a beautifully produced Portfolio of 28 watercolor-painting reproductions by the illustrator/graphic design artist/draftsman/painter. Each sheet is loose, full-size, and eminently suitable for framing. They are encased in a portfolio folder that also reproduces original art in front and on the back. Volume Two is a 36-page Scrapbook, which Marcel Dzama has turned into his own signature medium: A suite of complete drawings, doodles, writings, collages, photographs, and graphic art that collide against each other and blend seamlessly together at the same time. There are three bonus materials: A large Foldout Poster, an Envelope, and an Informational Card. The whole production is printed on pristine-white, thick uncoated stock paper to the highest standards. In publisher's original shrinkwrap. Without DJ, as issued. Presents Marcel Dzama's "The Berliner Ensemble Thanks You All". The truly singular art of Marcel Dzama. Who recreates out of the detritus of history, the weather, Dracula films, and graphic art, among so many other things, a world that is immediately, perversely, and triumphantly his own. The Berliner Ensemble was a real theatrical group, one of the two or three most influential such groups in the 20th century, founded by Bertolt Brecht to stage his great plays. Dzama knows what it's like to be a founder: He founded the Royal Art Lodge (RAL), a group of six artists who got together every Wednesday night in Winnipeg, Manitoba because "drawing with other people is so much more fun than doing it by yourself" (Marcel Dzama). Using an impeccable, polished, and clean style, his art is characterized by a tactile sensuousness, subtle attention to graphic detail, and Folk Art simplicity. In "The Berlin Years", Viggo Mortensen quotes a great Russian filmmaker to explain why Marcel Dzama is essential and irresistible: "The artist exists because the world is not perfect" (Andrei Tarkovsky). An absolute "must-have" title for Marcel Dzama collectors. This title is a contemporary art book classic. This is one of few copies of the First Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. A scarce copy thus. 65 plates. One of the most brilliant artists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER MARCEL DZAMA TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1932416994.

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