<p>One of the most important young artists to have emerged from Los Angeles in the 1990s, Manuel Ocampo updates the tradition of political allegorists like Gericault, Goya, and Daumier. In this beautifully illustrated catalogue, Ocampo’s exuberant works incorporate high and low, academic and popular, sacred and secular images and texts—creating supercharged canvases with a blatant disregard for stylistic and idiomatic consistency. Gutsy, bold, and filled with sociopolitical critique, Ocampo practices the art of the alchemist: &#8220;Transforming horror into exquisite beauty, history into art, purgatory into salvation.&#8221; Essays by Chon Noriega and Kevin Power, and a conversation between Ocampo and Daniel J. Martinez. Edited by Pilar Perez.</p> <p>80 pages, Softcover, 11&#215;10 1/2 inches, 1997</p> <p><span class="caps">ISBN </span>#1889195103</p> <p><a href="http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/manuel/manuel.html">External Link to the Exhibition</a></p> 2007-07-27T15:17:31-07:00 1054 456271 Books 2007-07-27T15:17:31-07:00 2007-08-14T17:51:47-07:00 Smart Art Press One of the most important young artists to have emerged from Los Angeles in the 1990s, Manuel Ocampo updates the tradition of political allegorists like Gericault, Goya, and Daumier. In this beautifully illustrated catalogue, Ocampo’s exuberant works incorporate high and low, academic and popular, sacred and secular images and texts—creating supercharged canvases with a blatant disregard for stylistic and idiomatic consistency. Gutsy, bold, and filled with sociopolitical critique, Ocampo practices the art of the alchemist: "Transforming horror into exquisite beauty, history into art, purgatory into salvation." Essays by Chon Noriega and Kevin Power, and a conversation between Ocampo and Daniel J. Martinez. Edited by Pilar Perez. 80 pages, Softcover, 11 x 10 1/2 inches, 1997 ISBN #1889195103 "External Link to the Exhibition":http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/manuel/manuel.html 29.95 2007-07-27T15:17:31-07:00 manual 771 830381 deny 1 Current Printing 1 22.95 456271 true 1054 true 2007-08-14T17:51:47-07:00 2007-07-27T15:17:31-07:00 manual 771 1264532 deny 1 Signed Copy 2 30.00 456271 true 1372 true 2007-08-14T17:51:47-07:00 2007-07-27T15:17:31-07:00 764751 1 456271 2007-08-14T17:51:47-07:00 http://static.shopify.com/s/files/1/0002/0801/products/1054.jpg?1268276142 2007-07-27T15:17:31-07:00 764761 2 456271 2007-08-14T17:51:47-07:00 http://static.shopify.com/s/files/1/0002/0801/products/1054b.jpg?1268276142 Title