Manuel Ocampo

Itself
2001

A vibrant and chaotic artwork featuring a mix of illustrations and text. Cartoon-like children and animals are depicted amidst abstract splashes of color and drips of paint. Yellow circles with fragmented words like "ME," "NE," "MALI," and "PEEL" float throughout the scene. At the bottom, the word "ITSELF" is written in large, bold letters on a scroll-like banner, with some letters obscured by additional yellow circles. The overall effect is playful and energetic, with a sense of disarray.

A vibrant and chaotic artwork featuring a mix of illustrations and text. Cartoon-like children and animals are depicted amidst abstract splashes of color and drips of paint. Yellow circles with fragmented words like "ME," "NE," "MALI," and "PEEL" float throughout the scene. At the bottom, the word "ITSELF" is written in large, bold letters on a scroll-like banner, with some letters obscured by additional yellow circles. The overall effect is playful and energetic, with a sense of disarray.

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Date
2001

Classification
Prints

Medium
Oil, transparent and opaque watercolor, wax crayon, and collage on paper

Dimensions
Sheet: 29 3/4 × 21 7/8in. (75.6 × 55.6 cm)

Accession number
2001.270

Edition
Unique

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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artworks/15817

Manuel Ocampo
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