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Adding Back In The Workers That Art About Los Angeles So Often Forgets

VISUAL Posted: February 17, 2020 5:30 am

For instance, David Hockney’s “splash” paintings created an idea of Los Angeles that was cool and secluded. Artist Ramiro Gomez imagines what was going on behind the scenes in No Splash – and other scenes of “cool” LA. “He creates these paintings more as questions than as heavy, social statements, using the words ‘subtle anger’ to explain his motivation. ‘I try to stay away from didactic work,’ he says. ‘I leave that to the activists. I’m trying to find the middle ground.'” – The Guardian (UK)

VISUAL Published: 02.16.20

Read the story in The Guardian (UK) Published: 02.16.20

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