"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
privilege falls away to reveal another reality. Machine guns and
machetes decorate the landscape alongside exploding poppies. Deer and
princesses hang suspensefully in a cloud of malaise, and disbelief
becomes the ether of the living. Ultraviolenceland is the opulent
wallpaper of destruction that decorates our lives. Its surface is
seductive, its layers are complex, and its future is uncertain. Camille
Rose Garcia's work examines ideas of decadence, deception, and denial
explored within the context of "Empire." It serves as a looking glass
into the everyday violence that supports the current power structure
and prescribes a glitter coated pill to ease the swallowing. The effect
of the pill once digested, however, depends upon the viewer. The Saddest Place On Earth is hardbound, 11" x 11", full color, with gatefolds and a special textured cover. Co-published with Grand Central Press. Camille
Rose Garcia draws inspiration for her creepy distopias from her
upbringing in the generic suburbs of Orange County. Her disenchantment
with society brought her into a world of subversive art and music.
Garcia's work has been featured in Juxtapoz, Paper, Flaunt, and Blab."
