Tragic Kingdom: The Magical Art of Camille Rose Garcia - Hardcover

Doug Harvey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0867196831 ISBN 13: 9780867196832

Publisher: Last Gasp, 2007

Synopsis

A looking glass into the everyday violence that supports the current power structure, Tragic Kingdom prescribes a glitter-coated pill to ease the swallowing. The effect of the pill once digested, however, depends upon the viewer. This large, lavishly produced hardcover serves as the catalog for Camille Rose Garcia's first solo museum show outside of Los Angeles. Tragic Kingdom surveys her work with an emphasis on her most recent creations, showcasing paintings, drawings, sketchbooks, prints, and more.

About this title

About the Author:

Camille Rose Garcia was born in 1970 in Los Angeles, California and grew up in the generic suburbs of Orange County, visiting Disneyland and going to punk shows with the other dissenchanted youth of that era. Her paintings of creepy cartoon children living in wasteland fairy tales are critical commentaries on the failures of capitalist utopias. Creative influences include Phillip K. Dick, William Burroughs, Henry Darger,Walt Disney, as welll as politically aware bands like The Clash and Dead Kennedys. Her recent solo show, Ultraviolenceland, explored ideas of violence and empire. Her work has appeared in Flaunt Magazine, Rolling Stone, Juxtapoz, and Paper Magazine, among others. She currently lives in Los Angeles.

About this edition

• Publisher: Last Gasp
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0867196831
• ISBN 13: 9780867196832
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 131
• Illustrator: Camille Rose Garcia