Dzama

This is a picture by Marcel Dzama, who is a Canadian. He used to be (still is?) with a group of artists called the Royal Art Lodge. They hung out and made lots of silly pictures. Several years ago, Rolando went to a gallery and saw some drawings by him. He came home and said, "This guy Marcel Dzama is so great. He uses rootbeer to color his pictures. They only cost $150! I wish I had $150!"

Now, he's represented by David Zwirner in New York and his drawings cost $1800. I wish I had $1800.

I do have a t-shirt with one of his images on it, and some cards. My hope is that he'll be so overmarketed that his stuff will never become too expensive and one day I will have $1800 to spare.