And Who Is My Neighbor? Stories from the Margins

untitled cardboard studies, 2015 Gomez paints images of typical Southern California landscapes and architecture, but always populates his scenes with laborers working to maintain the space: landscapers, cleaners, maids, etc. Often drawing on visual references to advertising imagery and quintessential L.A. artists (such as David Hockney), the artist reminds us of the typically unseen low-wage labor that is always at work all around us maintaining both the public and private spaces we enjoy.

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