"IN WEST HOLLYWOOD" An exhibition of artwork by Ramiro Gomez & David Feldman Installed as part of the City of West Hollywood’s WeHo Arts programThe City of West Hollywood is celebrating Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, an initiative of The Getty, with special thematic programming called WeHo Artes. This encompasses programming funded by The Getty Foundation, in addition to related projects presented by the City of West Hollywood such as this exhibit. All programs are supported by the City of West Hollywood’s WeHo Arts program. For more information, visit weho.org/wehoartesThe Caretakers (Los Cuidadores), 2013In 2013, Gomez installed his first public artwork to be on extended display. This site-specific figurative mural is called The Caretakers (Los Cuidadores) and features images of three nannies and one gardener. The artwork is installed in West Hollywood Park and was commissioned by the City of West Hollywood, however it is currently not viewable while West Hollywood Park Phase 2 renovations are underway.The three nannies in the mural are based on real-life nannies named Daisy, Elsa, and Lucy who Gomez met while working as a nanny himself. The fourth male character in the composition is based on several gardeners he has seen working in West Hollywood Park or at the Pacific Design Center across the street from the park. All four of the characters highlight the loving efforts to maintain gardens and raise children in the City. The installation was designed to be a more permanent version of Gomez’s cardboard cut-out artworks.Also in 2013, Gomez had his first solo exhibition at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. In 2014, Gomez had his solo gallery debut at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles, and the original version of No Splash was acquired by the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego. In 2015, Gomez exhibited at the University of Michigan Institute for the Humanities, the Chicago Humanities Festival, and again at Charlie James Gallery. In the spring of 2016, Gomez had his third show at the Charlie James Gallery in conjunction with the publication of a monograph on his work by Lawrence Weschler (Abrams). Whitney Biennial, 2017In 2017, as part of the Whitney Biennial in New York, Gomez was invited by Rafa Esparza to contribute to Esparza’s installation Figure Ground: Beyond the White Field. Gomez spent time observing Whitney staff members–from janitorial workers to security guards–in the week leading up to the opening of the 2017 Biennial. He recorded his observations in cell phone photographs and used these images as the basis for paintings on pieces of cardboard which were then gifted to the subjects of the respective paintings. Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, 2017Gomez’s work is included as part of the group exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Home–So Different, So Appealing, on view until October 15, 2017. This exhibit is co-organized by LACMA; the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and is part of the Getty’s Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA, a far reaching and ambitious exploration of Latin America and Latino art in dialogue with Los Angeles.Gomez’s contributions to this exhibition include several of his magazine works, in which he superimposes figures of housekeepers and domestic workers into the perfectly maintained and manicured layouts featured in interior design magazines. In August 2017, LACMA announced their acquisition of one of Gomez’s works, Cut-Outs (2015), into their permanent collection. Cut-Outs is a full-room installation of acrylic-on-cardboard panels and sculptures which Gomez started during his residency at Institute for the Humanities Gallery at the University of Michigan in 2015.The exhibit is on view during regular Library operating hours. An artists talk will take place on November 15 from 7pm-8:30pm in the City council Chambers.