Manuel Ocampo

The Compensatory Motif...
2001

This is a colorful and complex artwork featuring a mix of illustrations and text. In the foreground, there's a group of vintage-style cartoon children with a dog, looking cheerful and innocent. Behind them, a large, detailed drawing of a cockroach with a crown and various objects, such as a sword and a bottle, is surrounded by a fiery halo. To the left, there's a small illustration of a fish in a bowl and a blue schematic diagram with text. The background is splattered with orange and black ink. At the bottom, there's handwritten text that reads "The Compensatory Motif in the Libidinal Economy of a Painter's Bad Conscience."

This is a colorful and complex artwork featuring a mix of illustrations and text. In the foreground, there's a group of vintage-style cartoon children with a dog, looking cheerful and innocent. Behind them, a large, detailed drawing of a cockroach with a crown and various objects, such as a sword and a bottle, is surrounded by a fiery halo. To the left, there's a small illustration of a fish in a bowl and a blue schematic diagram with text. The background is splattered with orange and black ink. At the bottom, there's handwritten text that reads "The Compensatory Motif in the Libidinal Economy of a Painter's Bad Conscience."

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Date
2001

Classification
Prints

Medium
Lithograph and collage

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 7/8 × 22 1/4in. (75.9 × 56.5 cm)

Accession number
2001.271

Edition
9/30

Publication
Printed and published by Shark's Ink

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Print Committee

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

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Manuel Ocampo
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