Marcel Dzama
Journey to the Moon
La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes
February 14th, 2026 - May 10th, 2026
© Marcel Dzama - Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
© Marcel Dzama - Courtesy the artist and David Zwirner
From 14 February to 16 May 2026, La Criée, centre d’art contemporain, Rennes is presenting an exhibition by Marcel Dzama, an internationally renowned Canadian artist rarely exhibited in France. Entitled Le voyage dans la Lune (A Journey to the Moon), in homage to Georges Méliès, the magician of early cinema, it presents for the first time in Europe a wide selection of the artist’s films, accompanied by a collection of storyboards, drawings, models and sculptures.
Having attended art school in his hometown of Winnipeg and been immersed in alternative popular cultures from the outset (notably through his involvement in rock bands and production of numerous fanzines), Marcel Dzama has been developing a prolific and joyful body of work since the late 1990s, in which drawing and film are central.
A great admirer and connoisseur of early cinema, from which many of his films borrow elements such as black-and-white imagery and expressionist gestures, Marcel Dzama is, in a broader sense, curious about a variety of creative worlds: the surrealist spirit, early modernism, pop culture, illustration, underground music, etc.
From pencil to lens, from poetry to politics, Dzama plays with the codes and history of burlesque and fantasy with the virtuosity of a tightrope walker. His works combine references and virtuoso pirouettes with a pleasure, freedom and contagious joy.
In partnership with the Canadian Cultural Centre.
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Where
La Criée centre d’art contemporain, Rennes
place Honoré Commeurec , Rennes