Revealing the Unseen: The Provocative Art of Ramiro Gomez
by Gregg Chadwick “Often these sectors of the labor force become invisible—we’re used to them attending our gardens, taking care of our kids, cleaning our homes and they almost become invisible.” -Lizette Guerra, archivist and librarian at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center " Happy Hills is my body of work documenting the predominantly hispanic workforce, who work tirelessly behind the scenes to present the beautiful images of the ideal Hollywood Hills homes." - Ramiro Gomez Ramiro Gomez Outside the Beverly Hills Hotel During an Artistic Intervention from a video by Jorge Rivas The artwork of the young Los Angeles based artist Ramiro Gomez reveals the unseen hands and faces of the often underpaid and under appreciated laborers who keep the more affluent areas of the Los Angeles basin manicured and green. Using the simple materials of cardboard and paint, Gomez creates labor portraits of the hispanic workers that work behind the...