Marcel Dzama (b. 1974) and Jockum Nordström (b. 1963) are storytellers and longtime friends. Though their artistic worlds could hardly look more different, both share a fascination with the strange, the poetic and the unexpected. This monograph brings their distinctive oeuvres together, revealing the dialogue between two artists whose friendship has grown alongside their work.<\/p>\n
Dzama draws on sources ranging from James Ensor and Henry Darger to Georges Méliès, Orson Welles and Alice in Wonderland<\/em>. His masked characters, demon-like creatures and wondrous settings combine folklore, the subconscious and underground counterculture, resulting in a world that is adventurous, unsettling and open to the viewer’s own narrative.<\/p>\n Nordström works more restrainedly, using pencil and watercolor to depict people, animals, interiors and instruments. Rooted in recognizable reality, his images remain ambiguous, melancholic and surreal. Painted and drawn motifs form collage-like scenes that touch reality, only to dance around it until it slips away again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A unique portrait of the enduring friendship between Marcel Dzama and Jockum Nordström.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[5523],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-79951","product","type-product","status-publish","product_cat-art","author-by-author-jockum-nordstrom","author-by-author-marcel-dzama","publisher-hannibal-books","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n