Paul Smith Store, Los Angeles
2016
This limited edition archival pigment print depicts Gomez's signature subject matter of manual laborers in Los Angeles, here showing a figure with cleaning equipment against the iconic pink wall of the Paul Smith store. The work is from Gomez's acclaimed series highlighting the often-invisible domestic workers and laborers who maintain the city's urban landscape. This framed edition was acquired from the Charlie James Gallery in Chinatown, Los Angeles, and includes the accompanying exhibition catalog "Domestic Scenes: The Art of Ramiro Gomez."
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Titus Kaphar
American · b. 1976
Kaphar similarly uses figurative imagery to render invisible and marginalized people visible, particularly Black laborers and domestic workers who are overlooked in American society. His work shares Gomez's urgent social commentary and commitment to centering those whose labor sustains everyday life.
Delilah Montoya
American · b. 1955
Montoya is a Chicana photographer whose documentary style captures Latino working class communities and laborers in the American Southwest with similar political awareness and cultural specificity. Her photographic practice shares Gomez's focus on dignifying the often unseen labor of Mexican American communities.
Mel Rosenthal
American · b. 1938
Rosenthal's socially engaged photography documents urban laborers and marginalized communities against the backdrop of city environments, closely paralleling Gomez's approach of situating working class figures within recognizable urban commercial spaces. Both artists use photography as a tool for humanizing those rendered invisible by economic systems.
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