Camille Rose Garcia

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Camille Rose Garcia (* 1970 ) is an American artist from Los Angeles . She finished dark, comic-like pictures and sculptures. According to her own statement, she was influenced by Walt Disney and Philip K. Dick .

life and work

Camille received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art & Design in 1992. Two years later, she received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California .

In her work she comments on undesirable developments in capitalism by depicting children in neglected surroundings. She uses motifs from stories and fairy tales and deals with topics such as decadence and denial. Garcia says of her work: “The earth is older than mankind and will get back on its feet, but the fate of our species is, to put it mildly, delicate. I try to be positive and let humor flow into my work, even though I know that. "

Her work has been featured in several American magazines, including Rolling Stone . She has published two books. The Saddest Place on Earth, (Last Gasp, 2006) and The Magic Bottle: A BLAB! Storybook, (Fantagraphics, 2006).

Exhibitions (selection)

You already posed in the

  • Merry Kamowsky Gallery (LA), the
  • Grand Central Art Station (LA), the
  • Roq la Rue Gallery (Seattle) and the
  • Jonathan LeVine Gallery (New York).

Her pictures will also be shown at LACMA and the San Jose Museum of Art .

Critical perception

Paula Rogers, an art critic and self-proclaimed fan of Camille, said of her previous retrospective at the San Jose Museum of Art: “Garcia's beautiful paintings lack a specific meaning, a specific context ... their inherent vagueness, complacency, general expressions, lack of nuances and Self-righteousness add up to a static picture, a superficial answer to something complex: I get it; Things are bad. It is disappointing to find that the impetus for this work is not clever. ”

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b http://www.jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Exhibit.ExhibitDescriptionPast&ExhibitID=3D81C96C-115B-5562-AADF94BBAEEB0021
  2. ^ Paula Rogers, KQED (San Francisco) Arts and Culture Reviews, "Art Review: Camille Rose Garcia: Tragic Kingdom," Jul 16, 2007.

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personal data
SURNAME Garcia, Camille Rose
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1970