Domestic Scenes: The Art of Ramiro Gomez

Award-winning author Lawrence Weschler's book on the young Mexican American artist Ramiro Gomez explores questions of social equity and the chasms between cultures and classes in America.   Gomez, born in 1986 in San Bernardino, California, to undocumented Mexican immigrant parents, bridges the...

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Main Authors Lawrence Weschler, Ramiro Gomez, Cris Scorza
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Abrams 12.04.2016
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Summary:Award-winning author Lawrence Weschler's book on the young Mexican American artist Ramiro Gomez explores questions of social equity and the chasms between cultures and classes in America.   Gomez, born in 1986 in San Bernardino, California, to undocumented Mexican immigrant parents, bridges the divide between the affluent wealthy and their usually invisible domestic help-the nannies, gardeners, housecleaners, and others who make their lifestyles possible-by inserting images of these workers into sly pastiches of iconic David Hockney paintings, subtly doctoring glossy magazine ads, and subversively slotting life-size painted cardboard cutouts into real-life situations.  Domestic Scenes engages with Gomez and his work, offering an inspiring vision of the purposes and possibilities of art.
ISBN:1419720694
9781419720697