Camille Rose Garcia's Pop Surrealist Solar System at Dorothy Circus Gallery
Camille Rose Garcia (Los Angeles, 1970) presents 'The Ballrooms of Mars' at Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome, a solo exhibition of drawings and works on board inspired by primordial nature, music, and the solar system. The show draws from the Voyager Golden Record and the idea that planets reunite every 25,000 years to share music. Garcia, a leading Pop Surrealist, blends Magic Realism, Mexican folk culture, and pop influences. She cites David Bowie as an Orpheus archetype and explores female subjects as a counter to US masculine culture. The exhibition is open for a limited time in Rome after a London presentation.
Key facts
- Camille Rose Garcia was born in Los Angeles in 1970.
- The exhibition is titled 'The Ballrooms of Mars'.
- The show is held at Dorothy Circus Gallery in Rome.
- Garcia is a major interpreter of Pop Surrealism.
- The works are inspired by the Voyager Golden Record and planetary music cycles.
- Garcia uses Fibonacci sequences and symbolic motifs from mythology and folklore.
- She personifies planets as different individuals.
- The exhibition follows a presentation in London.
Entities
Artists
- Camille Rose Garcia
- David Bowie
- Walt Disney
- Fibonacci
- H.P. Lovecraft
- Edgar Allan Poe
- George Orwell
- Aldous Huxley
- Roald Dahl
- William Burroughs
- Philip K. Dick
- Ursula K. Le Guin
- Gary Lutz
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Alejandro Jodorowsky
Institutions
- Dorothy Circus Gallery
- NASA
Locations
- Los Angeles
- United States
- Rome
- Italy
- London
- United Kingdom
- California
- West Coast
- Mexico
- South America