Octavio Ocampo

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that each facet of the work is something else. In Metamorphic art flowers become faces. Mourners over coffins become the face of Christ, a bicycle becomes a pair of celebrity glasses. His works are full of symbolism. Each is endlessly fascinating, revealing something different to each new viewer. And each new viewer looks a second time, and a third. The longer a person stares at a painting, the more one sees. Faces come into focus at a distance and “metamorphose” into something entirely different under close observation.
His works are included in major collections in Mexico, The national Palace, and in the private collections of the last three presidents. In Europe, the late Florence
Gould had a landscape of the New York skyline from her apartment, at her house at Cap D’Antibes. HM, the king of Spain, is also an admirer of Ocampo’s work. Octavio is admired for his ingenuity and uniqueness from other modern artists. He is known mainly throughout the North American art scene. ...

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deeds include the founding of the Mexican Muralist Movement with Jose Clement Orozco and David Siqueiros. They painted their first mural at the Anfiteatro Bolivar at the National Predatory School in Mexico City. Rivera also painted numerous murals in Mexico City and the United States, including those in the Palacio Nacional, Ministerio de Educacion Publica, the San Francisco Stock Exchange, Detroit's Institute of Fine Arts and the Rockefeller Center. The last being destroyed due to controversy surrounding a portrait of Lenin.
As well as being considered Mexico's leading muralist, Rivera also produced many sketches, watercolors and paintings. Diego Rivera was considered a genius in the ...

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