SEMI-PRECIOUS: DANNY “JOE” KEMP

ANALOG COLLAGE ON WATERCOLOR PAPER

12.75 x 9.75 in.

2026

Semi-Precious / Ransom is a contemporary collage series by Dear Orpheus using vintage yearbook portraits, discarded headshots, and semi-precious stones to explore memory, anonymity, erasure, and the collapse of the American Dream through themes of late capitalism, loss, and cultural fragmentation.