LAIH Luncheon – Ramiro Gomez

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Yesterday’s Luncheon at the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, the first of the year, was another excellent one (even though it was a bit more compact than I’d have liked). We caught up with each other and discussed what’s been happening with over the holiday season, and then had the artist Ramiro Gomez give a fantastic talk (“Luxury, Interrupted: Art Interventions for Social Change”) about his work in highlighting the hidden people of Los Angeles – those cleaners, caregivers, gardeners and others who help make the city tick along, but who are treated as invisible by most.

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As someone who very regularly gets totally ignored (like I’m not even there!) while standing in front of my own house by many people in my neighbourhood who are walking by – because they clearly assume I’m “just the gardener” and therefore invisible – this talk resonated with me a lot. Check out his work in various museums, on his blog (http://ramirogomezjr.blogspot.com/), and on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ramirogomezartist).

-cvj

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