In Conversation: Marcel Dzama

The Brooklyn Rail, interview by Jason Rosenfeld

2025

Marcel Dzama’s new show, Empress of Night, opened at David Zwirner in Los Angeles on June 28 and runs through August 8, 2025. It includes one film, twenty-four small medium works, and eleven large works on paper. I spoke to Mr. Dzama in his Brooklyn studio about working with David Zwirner and his gallery over nearly his whole career, his recent subject matter, his stunning mosaic installations for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and the resonance of the opulent and large new paintings with respect to the state of America and Los Angeles.

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