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Sayre Gomez, Oceanwide Plaza

Sayre GomezOceanwide Plaza, 2025-2026

UV print on mirrored acrylic panel, composite fiberboard, black anodized aluminum extrusions, photopolymer resin, acrylic paint, EnviroTex resin, nylon, tulle, Tyvek, stretch wrap, steel and brass wire, copper and brass tubing, basswood, foam, paper, dirt, PVA and CA adhesives, and grass flocking

100 1/8 x 114 1/2 x 57 1/8 in

About the artist

has risen to prominence in recent years with his semi-fictionalised and photorealistic paintings known as X-scapes. Executed in a wide range of techniques, including trompe l’oeil, airbrushing, stencilling and those used to paint Hollywood sets, his work is inspired by the urban landscape of Los Angeles. Many of his paintings feature the housing, road signs, billboards and landmarks that form the backdrop to long car rides around the city. His paintings can simultaneously touch on the beauty of nature (vivid sunsets, sumptuous palms), the passage of time, urban decay and commercial nostalgia (signs, colours and lettering often evoke bygone days) and contemporary life (graffiti, cell phone masts). Gomez synthesises his observations into hyperreal images that challenge our ability to differentiate between authenticity and simulation: a cityscape that feels true-to-life might just as easily be an artificial construction. In this way, he explores the increasingly tenuous link between our everyday surroundings and a digital culture that is relentlessly driven by enhanced and manipulated images. The flawless execution and even luminescence of Gomez’ canvases, as well as the shifts between hard and sharp focus, can be seen as painterly reflections on the digital flattening and blurring of life and culture through screen-based technology. Openings and barriers, such as windows, doors, gates, shutters, walls and fences, are recurrent metaphors in his oeuvre that suggest Los Angeles is a city of promise and freedom, but also one of broken dreams and destitution. Gomez also explores these themes through other mediums, including sculpture, installation and video.

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