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Jay Lynn Gomez — Mulholland Drive: The Road to David's Studio
Jay Lynn Gomez

Mulholland Drive: The Road to David's Studio

2015

A winding ribbon of asphalt dissolves into hazy California light in Jay Lynn Gomez's 2015 archival pigment print, "Mulholland Drive: The Road to David's Studio." The image captures the iconic Los Angeles ridge road with a cinematic stillness that feels simultaneously documentary and dreamlike, invoking the charged mythology of a landscape made famous by filmmakers, artists, and the restless imaginative life of the city below. Gomez frames the road not merely as geography but as threshold, a place where the ordinary world gives way to something more charged and expectant. The title's intimate allusion to David Lynch's studio adds a layer of conceptual resonance without ever announcing itself too loudly. Collectors familiar with Lynch's decades-long relationship with Mulholland Drive will feel the reference working quietly beneath the surface of the image, inflecting the scene with associations of creative solitude, artistic obsession, and the peculiar glamour of Los Angeles at its most stripped back. Gomez trusts the viewer to meet the work halfway, which gives the piece an unusual intellectual generosity. Presented as an archival pigment print measuring 35.6 by 67.3 cm, the work's horizontal format reinforces its cinematic sensibility, allowing the road to stretch and breathe across the picture plane. The print is signed by the artist and offered framed, making it a cohesive and exhibition-ready acquisition. It represents a sophisticated entry point into Gomez's practice for collectors drawn to photographic work that holds landscape, culture, and personal mythology in careful, considered tension.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Overall
Framed
Signed
Yes
Location
TAG ARTS, Los Angeles, CA

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Jay Lynn Gomez, Mulholland Drive: The Road to David's Studio, 2015

A winding ribbon of asphalt dissolves into hazy California light in Jay Lynn Gomez's 2015 archival pigment print, "Mulholland Drive: The Road to David's Studio." The image captures the iconic Los Angeles ridge road with a cinematic stillness that feels simultaneously documentary and dreamlike, invoking the charged mythology of a landscape made famous by filmmakers, artists, and the restless imaginative life of the city below. Gomez frames the road not merely as geography but as threshold, a place where the ordinary world gives way to something more charged and expectant. The title's intimate allusion to David Lynch's studio adds a layer of conceptual resonance without ever announcing itself too loudly. Collectors familiar with Lynch's decades-long relationship with Mulholland Drive will feel the reference working quietly beneath the surface of the image, inflecting the scene with associations of creative solitude, artistic obsession, and the peculiar glamour of Los Angeles at its most stripped back. Gomez trusts the viewer to meet the work halfway, which gives the piece an unusual intellectual generosity. Presented as an archival pigment print measuring 35.6 by 67.3 cm, the work's horizontal format reinforces its cinematic sensibility, allowing the road to stretch and breathe across the picture plane. The print is signed by the artist and offered framed, making it a cohesive and exhibition-ready acquisition. It represents a sophisticated entry point into Gomez's practice for collectors drawn to photographic work that holds landscape, culture, and personal mythology in careful, considered tension.

Medium
Archival pigment print
Dimensions
overall: 35.6 x 67.3 cm • framed: 40.6 x 71.1 cm
Year
2015
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
TAG ARTS, Los Angeles, CA

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