Camille Rose Garcia

Camille Rose Garcia (born 1970 ) is an American artist from Los Angeles. Get ready grim, cartoon-like images and sculptures. By his own testimony she was influenced by Walt Disney and Philip K. Dick.

Life and work

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

In her work, she commented failures of capitalism through the representation of children a neglected environment. It uses motifs from stories and fairy tales and covers topics such as decadence and denial. Garcia says of her work: "The earth is older than mankind and will come back on its feet, but the fate of our species is, to say the tricky. I'm trying to be positive and to incorporate humor in my work, although I know that. "

Her work has been displayed 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 noted 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) from ..

Your pictures will also be shown in the LACMA and the San Jose Museum of Art.

Critical perception

Paula Rogers, an art critic and self - proclaimed fan of Camille's says to her retrospective at the San Jose Museum of Art: " Garcia's beautiful images lack a specific meaning, a specific context ... their inherent vagueness, smugness, general remarks, lack of nuance and self-righteousness add up to a static image, a superficial answer to something complex: I understand it; Things are bad. It is disappointing to find out that the impetus of this work is not sent. "