Marcel DzamaUntitled 2002

This untitled drawing shows two sets of costumed figures interacting. Two male figures in the centre of the page appear each to be addressing a group of three women to either side. The six women are depicted in virtually identical brown dresses that extend up their necks and fit closely over their heads, opening only in a triangular aperture over the nose, mouth and chin, and in oval-shaped holes around the eyes. Their hands are gloved, either by extensions of their dresses, or by elbow-length gloves in a darker shade of brown. By contrast, their lower legs and feet are bare… (read more)