Artwork Description
Nocht Lucere Lacuna 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.
Nocht Lucere Lacuna by Camille Rose Garcia – Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork on Blotter Paper
Nocht Lucere Lacuna is a surreal, dreamlike archival pigment print created by Camille Rose Garcia in 2021, presented on hand-perforated blotter paper measuring 7.5 x 7.5 inches. Signed and numbered with an included certificate of authenticity, the artwork was released on April 19, 2021, in collaboration with Zane Kesey, who meticulously perforated each blotter edition. As with all of Garcia’s blotter series, this work transforms a traditionally ephemeral object associated with psychedelic culture into a lasting artifact of visual and cultural critique through the language of street pop art & graffiti artwork.
Psychedelic Mythology and Neo-Surrealist Storytelling
The composition explodes with chromatic intensity, navigating a fantastical aquatic environment where dream logic reigns. A central figure, reminiscent of a ghostly geisha or mythic siren, rises from a pond blooming with all-seeing eyes and disembodied floral forms. Surrounding her are parades of seahorse riders, aquatic bats, luminescent mushrooms, and mutated birds, all set against a backdrop of cascading neon drips and fluorescent brush textures. The figures are frozen in ceremonial movement, locked within a visual incantation that evokes both ritual and nightmare. Garcia’s intricate layering of translucent hues in magenta, acid green, electric blue, and blood red intensifies the otherworldly atmosphere.
Camille Rose Garcia’s Alchemy of Culture and Critique
Born in 1970 in California, Camille Rose Garcia’s work blends fairy tale iconography, punk subversion, and ecological decay. Her visual narratives critique consumerism, authoritarianism, and environmental collapse, often through female protagonists navigating hostile dreamworlds. Nocht Lucere Lacuna expands Garcia’s legacy as a street pop art & graffiti artwork visionary, creating a space where fantasy functions as cultural commentary. Her unique ability to collapse dystopia into whimsy continues to resonate across both gallery and countercultural circuits.
The Power of Blotter Paper as Pop Object
This edition’s format as perforated blotter paper holds deep symbolic weight. Zane Kesey’s involvement ties the piece directly to the history of psychedelic activism and visual protest. By printing on this medium, Garcia amplifies the hallucinogenic potential of her artwork while grounding it in the radical aesthetic traditions of street art and subculture ephemera. The perforations lend the piece a rawness and tactile energy, underscoring its hybrid identity as both collectible art and conceptual object. Nocht Lucere Lacuna operates as a visual invocation—a potent blend of myth, rebellion, and enchantment sealed into one luminous square of paper.
