After a recent visit to The Broad, Sayre Gomez talked to Jonas Wood about their new group show and the changing landscape of Los Angeles.
Desire, Knowledge, and Hope a group show presenting work from artists across different generations who have responded to the development and decay of Los Angeles over the years. One of them is the painter and multimedia artist, whose contributions to the show include a dystopian projection of the angel city, where an incinerated strip mall glows under the setting sun.
GOMEZ: I feel like you get into a subculture around 13 or 14. I was pretty into graffiti around that age then all through high school. It was very parallel to art.GOMEZ: I think it’s one of the reasons why I’m very comfortable making larger work. I really spent a good portion of my adolescence doing that.
WOOD: Psychology. I was thinking I was going to be a doctor until I actually gave into the idea of working on art all the time. Before grad school, I was working in a psych lab.WOOD: Yeah. I worked at a psychiatric facility where they did these functional MRIs of the brain. I studied abroad and that’s where I took my first art history class, and then I wanted to learn how to paint. It’s not a surprise to anybody that I’m an artist, except for me.
GOMEZ: Yeah, I turn them from a normal image into something more unique or complex. Sometimes it’ll be a multitude of images, or only one, but usually there’s some editing that happens before it can be turned into a painting. GOMEZ: I have a general set of guidelines, but I’m always trying to find a way to make that better. I was really disappointed because in my show at Hufkens we put a matte finish at the end of every painting, and it really desaturates the black. I was really frustrated with that, so I called Golden Artist Colors after my show and talked to them about the problem, and now they recommended some new products that we started using.
WOOD: You’re doing great. You want to be a really good dad, and you’re so into your work and trying to find the balance.WOOD: I’m literally making a painting of my kid’s art. Can’t deny that it’s connected. You think your work’s changed since you had kids?WOOD: You’re saying that it wouldn’t be there if you hadn’t had kids?
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