Dzama's new film Une danse des bouffons (or A jester's dance) at David Zwirner is a mesmerizing redux of a Dadaist sensibility. At times the film felt a little overwrought but as the tale spun out I found myself being drawn in to his absurdest universe....jesters, tricksters, bull's, dancers, kidnappings, love, and death, rebirth, it's all in there although I could live without the persistent nods to his artist idols from Duchamp, to Goya, Beuys, Picabia.... was a little heavy handed.
There were two rooms of drawings, boxes and sculpture which functioned more as set design or ephemera, but the film made up for what the they lacked.
There were two rooms of drawings, boxes and sculpture which functioned more as set design or ephemera, but the film made up for what the they lacked.
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| A Jester's Dance, Video Still |
