In the next CAMP gallery exhibition, Caprices, a Contemporary Homage to Goya, artists Aurora Molina,German Molina,Violeta Caldrés, Jac Lahav and Luis Alonso all draw directly upon the original Caprichosof Francisco de Goya y Lucientes and, like the original concept, draw attention to the inherent folly in society, whether that folly be a direct interpretation of a piece, or our reaction to what we encounter as other. The original pieces by Goya were etchings, simply because the artist found that a line would be the ideal means of expression, but because no one in Spain at the time was creating etchings, Goya had to look to artists that he admired—in this case Rembrandt and Tiepolo. Combining their techniques with his deep respect and understanding of nature, he was able to develop and make a blatant statement about the society in which he existed, often finding that same society to be ignorant, superstitious, and limited. The timeliness of these new interpretations, and treatments of the idea to call a society into check is also timely today, as we, too, inhabit a modern world still weighted with ignorance and superstition, and are often limited.

Goya, and the artists above, stand fast in their self-imposed role as witnesses to society, documenting what they see, what they encounter, and insisting that we, the audience, join them in taking on the identity of a witness, accept what is being shown to us, and hopefully become the entities of change and awareness.