SAYRE GOMEZ (B. 1982) Untitled, 2024

SAYRE GOMEZ (B. 1982) Untitled, 2024 signed (on the reverse) acrylic on canvas 14 x 11 in. 35.6 x 27.9 cm. Footnotes: Provenance Courtesy of the artist Artist statement: Sayre Gomez (b. Chicago, 1982) has risen to prominence in recent years with his semi-fictionalized and photorealistic paintings, executed using a wide range of techniques, including trompe l'oeil, airbrushing, stenciling, and those employed in painting Hollywood sets. His work draws inspiration from the urban landscape of Los Angeles, featuring housing, road signs, billboards, and landmarks that serve as the backdrop for extended commutes throughout the city. Many of Gomez's paintings simultaneously touch on the beauty of nature, such as vivid sunsets and sumptuous palms, while also addressing themes like the passage of time, urban decay, commercial signage, and nostalgia. Gomez synthesizes 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, exploring the increasingly tenuous link between our everyday surroundings and a digital culture relentlessly driven by enhanced and manipulated imagery. The flawless execution and even luminescence of Gomez's canvases, along with 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, suggesting that Los Angeles is a city of promise and freedom but also one of barriers and destitution. Gomez also explores these themes through sculpture, installation, and video. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing