Ramiro Gomez
Ramiro Gomez’s acrylic on canvas paintings use David Hockney’s iconic 60s Southern California scenes as a jumping off point, interrupting the original compositions with the introduction of Latino domestic workers into the works. For example, Hockney’s A Bigger Splash (1967) has been appropriated and executed by Gomez to scale, but the eponymous splash has been substituted for a pool cleaner and a housekeeper set in the background. In his Magazine series, Gomez tears out advertisements from upscale design magazines like Luxe, Dwell, and Architectural Digest, and paints domestic workers into the scenes in ways that leverage the subjects and compositions of the ads. Gardeners at work appear in ads with opulent exteriors; bedroom furniture ads are modified to present nannies and children, many such interventions are explored.
Ramiro Gomez had a solo exhibition at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and was an artist-in-residence at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA. Gomez also exhibited at the AFL-CIO National Convention, where he was also a Guest Lecturer. He has given lectures at Stanford University, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. His work has been covered in the Washington Post, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, and …
Ramiro Gomez’s acrylic on canvas paintings use David Hockney’s iconic 60s Southern California scenes as a jumping off point, interrupting the original compositions with the introduction of Latino domestic workers into the works. For example, Hockney’s A Bigger Splash (1967) has been appropriated and executed by Gomez to scale, but the eponymous splash has been substituted for a pool cleaner and a housekeeper set in the background. In his Magazine series, Gomez tears out advertisements from upscale design magazines like Luxe, Dwell, and Architectural Digest, and paints domestic workers into the scenes in ways that leverage the subjects and compositions of the ads. Gardeners at work appear in ads with opulent exteriors; bedroom furniture ads are modified to present nannies and children, many such interventions are explored.
Ramiro Gomez had a solo exhibition at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center, and was an artist-in-residence at the CSUF Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana, CA. Gomez also exhibited at the AFL-CIO National Convention, where he was also a Guest Lecturer. He has given lectures at Stanford University, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara. His work has been covered in the Washington Post, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Hyperallergic, Huffington Post, and CNN.
Courtesy of Charlie James Gallery
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College