Armpit of the Mole: Your New Favorite Drawings Compilation

by Marcel Dzama

Mimicking the aesthetics and texture of the famed Moleskin sketchbooks that artists have used for decades to hash out their ideas, Armpit of the Mole may very well become your new favorite drawing compilation. Forty-four artists have contributed six pages each to this book to present here their research of ideas or their depictions of various universes. Here Marcel Dzama brushes up against Michelle Naismuth, and Wim Delvoye and later blends into Florian & Michael Quistrebert, who lead to Thierry Agnone. The styles differ from distant to confrontational, formal to narrative, obsessional to nonchalant, and controversial to bucolic. Flipping through Armpit of the Mole , it feels as though someone tore pieces out of each artist's sketchbook and bound them all together. Yet, the collection of images is thought out and designed like a succession of varied and original works that are different yet connected--much like a good DJ set. Edited by Michael Quistrebert. Paperback, 6.5 x 9.25 in./288 pgs / 191 color and 75 b&w.

Genres: Art

Paperback

First published August 1, 2005

About the author

Marcel Dzama is a Canadian contemporary artist known for his surrealistic, colourful depictions of characters and creatures.
He uses a wide variety of materials to create his artworks. He works in collage, paint, sculpture, film, and other mediums.
His work has been exhibited in a number of prominent museums in Europe and North America, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Richard Heller Gallery in California.
Dzama has also illustrated album covers and a children's book, Bed, Bed, Bed, for the band They Might Be Giants.

Reviews

[Diego Munoz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of great ideas in this book. Some zany ones also, a bit of nudity and absurdity.

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

So glad this exists. I could use about 100 more.
Love the mix, love the peculiars, love the quiet.