Artwork Description
Fade Into The Dark Stars Blotter Paper Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Art on Perforated Blotter Paper by Camille Rose Garcia pop culture LSD artwork.
2021 Signed & Numbered with COA Archival Pigment Print on Perforated Blotter Paper Artwork Size: 7.5 x 7.5 Inches Release: April 19, 2021. Limited blotter editions are hand-perforated by Zane Kesey.
Fade Into The Dark Stars by Camille Rose Garcia – Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork on Blotter Paper
Fade Into The Dark Stars is a striking 2021 archival pigment print on perforated blotter paper by pop surrealist Camille Rose Garcia. Measuring 7.5 x 7.5 inches and released on April 19, 2021, this limited edition artwork is signed, numbered, and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. Hand-perforated by Zane Kesey, son of literary figure Ken Kesey, the print pays homage to the countercultural history of LSD blotter sheets while channeling Garcia’s visually explosive style. This edition transforms ephemeral materials into collectible objects, linking the legacy of psychedelia with contemporary street pop art and graffiti artwork.
Surrealism and Symbolism in a Lurid Technicolor Fantasy
The artwork presents a surreal and electrified composition bathed in luminous violets, acidic pinks, and spectral blues. At its center is a haunting figure with sharp fangs, a glam-inspired lightning bolt eye patch, and hair erupting in a blaze of neon. Branching antlers and dripping flora crown the figure, evoking mythology, fantasy, and decay. An ominous moth hovers above like a guardian or spectral watcher. The composition vibrates with visual tension—dream and nightmare, beauty and grotesque—rendered in Garcia’s precise yet dripping aesthetic. Each element echoes themes of transformation, vulnerability, and resistance.
Camille Rose Garcia and the Dark Side of Pop
Camille Rose Garcia, born in 1970 in California, is a foundational figure in the lowbrow and pop surrealist art movements. Her work is rooted in a hybrid of street culture, fairy tale, punk, and political commentary. Known for confronting systems of control and environmental destruction, she often uses feminine archetypes to subvert power structures. Fade Into The Dark Stars reveals Garcia’s capacity to blend bold, cartoonlike forms with disquieting narratives. Her stylistic vocabulary pulls from Disney animation, horror comics, and Day-Glo psychedelia, placing her firmly within the lineage of American street pop art & graffiti artwork.
Blotter Art as Medium and Message
The use of blotter paper ties this edition to the underground culture of LSD distribution, especially prominent in the 1960s and 70s. By printing on perforated sheets and collaborating with Zane Kesey, Garcia signals a dialogue between personal hallucination and collective protest. Blotter art, once purely functional, now becomes a canvas for transgressive, subversive expression. The physical format encourages intimacy and iconoclasm, distilling Garcia’s larger works into tactile moments of visionary rebellion. Fade Into The Dark Stars becomes a portal—small yet symbolically potent—where fine art meets rebellion, mythology merges with modernity, and street culture collides with psychedelic transcendence.
