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The Saddest Place on Earth
Camille Rose Garcia's world is a beautiful place. It is the ballroom of an Empire, a forest of aquamarine jewels, a place where cream-layered cakes, crystal castles and opiate abundance serve to sedate the masses. but as the telescope retracts, the glossy veneer of privelege falls away to reveal another reality. Machine guns and machetes decorate the landscape alongside exploding poppies. Deer and princesses hand suspensefully in a cloud of malaise and disbelief becomes the ether of the living.
Mirror, Black Mirror
New work chronicling the prolific and life-changing time period of 2007-2011, when Garcia fled LA and moved to a cabin in the Northern California woods. The natural world inspires this work: her themes are disenchantment with modernity and the problems of becoming too removed from the natural world. Her layered, broken narrative paintings of wasteland fairy tales are influenced by William Burroughs' cut-up writings and surrealist film, as well as vintage Disney and Fleischer cartoons, acting as critical commentaries on the failure. This work is from shows in New York, Berlin, and Los Angeles, Escape to Darlingtonia (2007) The Grand Illusion (Berlin, 2008) Ambien Somnambulants, (New York, 2008), The Hydra of Babylon, (LA, 2009), and Snow White and the Black Lagoon (LA, 2011)
The Cabinet of Dr. Deekay
Young Alex Winchester woke up in a grey metal hospital bed surrounded by the peering eyes of strange malformed creatures. A giant oblong pink and blue pill with human legs was fiddling with an IV bag above his head, and to his left a trio of mismatched prosthetic legs were attached to three truncated appendages of a smiling turquoise octopus. However well your best dentist visit went, it didn't go as well as the visit New York Times bestselling illustrator Camille Rose Garcia had several years ago. The result is this illustrated fever-dream of a book that is equal parts William Burroughs and Walt Disney. In fact, WIRED magazine declared of her reimagining of the Brothers Grimm story that "Walt Disney would likely turn over in his cryogenic vault if he saw [her] gorgeously skewed portraits of Snow White and her angry dwarves."
The Magic Bottle
A gothic fairy tale from one of L.A.'s most acclaimed painters.
Tragic Kingdom
All-new work from the artist/author of The Saddest Place on Earth. Garcia's seemingly light-hearted paintings and drawings of charming cartoon-like characters paradoxically actually depict dark tales of violence, corruption and greed. Camille Rose Garcia's paintings of creepy cartoon children living in wasteland fairy tales are critical commentaries on the failures of capitalist utopias. Her influences include Phillip K. Dick, William Burroughs, Henry Darger, Walt Disney, The Clash and The Dead Kennedys.
Beauty in My Bones
BEAUTY IN MY BONES is a collection of poetry and art that captures the depth of human existence. Discussing a range of topics from abuse, mental illness and love, this collection captures the beautiful duality of life. There may be some darkness sometimes but the author wants the reader to remember one important thing - there is a light. There is always a light.
Tammy Garcia
Tammy Garcia, Form Without Boundaries, is a collection of images portraying Tammy’s extraordinary talent. She is regarded as the foremost Native American potter in the world today and in this magnificent coffeetable book provides glimpses of her sculpture and jewelry. Today, collectors buy her work by lottery as her pieces have become so sought after and her production for the public market is limited. The book tells of her heritage as a fourth generation Santa Clara pueblo potter and what inspires this beautiful, young, soft-spoken artisan. The narrative also introduces the layperson to pottery and the Native American culture. It is written by acknowledged experts in the field of Native American culture, art and collections. The book is a spectacular result of collaboration between an artist and those who are committed to preserving a culture through museums, collections and writing. This is the most dramatic, most beautiful,coffeetable book that will be available for the fall in 2003.
A Very Fine House
When Letty Marquez discovers an elegant-but-decrepit Victorian mansion not far from school, she and her friends decide to keep it a secret and make it their own. As the Vietnam war escalates, the nation reels from protests, riots, and a drug epidemic. Letty and her friends pit themselves against forces that want the land beneath the house. At the same time, boys, friends, and permissive American culture constantly clash with Letty's Mexican upbringing and her Catholic religion. In A Very Fine House by Rose Molina, we experience the turmoil of an era where political awareness and social change engulf the lives of young people struggling to come of age. Interwoven in this difficult phase of life, culture clashes exacerbate the struggle in the search for an identity. The story sheds light on these complex issues with both humor and warmth.
A Shadow Falls
A Realm Divided A Legacy Unraveled A Darkness Awakened After discovering her true heritage, Avalynn stands at a crossroads. She was raised in the Stromm palace as the heir to the throne, but now knows it was all a lie. Armed with the sword of power forged by her ancestors, Avalynn must rally the Sublands and face the darkness rising from her former home. But the greatest threat is not the cruel king she thought was her father, nor the fae warriors at his command—it is Mateo, the hunter she betrayed. Now that he is stepping into his birthright, Mateo is being consumed by his newfound power and the manipulations of his true mother. As deadly dragons from the icy reaches of the far north return to Faevenly, Mateo finds himself caught in a battle between his heart and his bloodline. With the prophecy looming over them, Avalynn and Mateo are fated to stand together or fall apart. As dragons soar and Houses crumble, Avalynn must confront the darkness within Mateo before both of their destinies are sealed forever. In a realm on the brink of war, will love be enough to save them, or will the shadows swallow them whole?
Fae Rising
Draven the Witch is on the cusp of controlling Faevenly, and all seems lost for Gabriela, her royal family, and her band of allies. In a desperate move to regroup, they abandon Strong Haven and head for the Sublands. Along the way, Gabriela discovers hidden truths about her fae ancestors coupled with dire warnings about her future. Not to mention the one who has her heart has betrayed her in the worst way.But there is more for her to learn. A secret coven of fae healers may have valuable information about Draven. If she can find them, it could give Faevenly a fighting chance against the deadly witch. If not, she could lose everything. Either way, Gabriela must rise up to her true potential to defeat Draven. And the only way for that to happen is to combine the power of both her fae and human bloodlines. Even if it means becoming what she fears most.Fae Rising is book four in the Fae Bloodlines Series and features heartbreaking love, impossible choices, palace upheaval, and shocking conclusions.
