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performative work
NW Passage performance, impromptu performance by Ed Gomez and Jacob Hernandez, painting by Luis G. Hernandez. The Armory, North West, Pasadena CA
Video documentation
AmericanIsta, Making Paintings in the Desert, photo documentation and DVD stills of performance.
documentation of work done for the MexiCali Biennial 2006 including AirMail, 100 letters from Mexicali to Los Angeles.
America’s Army, America’s Game
ah-peh-JEE-doh, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, Eagle Rock, CA
By the Time I Get to Phoenix, documentation of transporting G.O.C.A. from Los Angeles to Phoenix for the LINK exhibition at Eye Lounge Gallery, 2007
G.O.C.A. The Gallery of Contemporary Art
The Gallery of Contemporary Art (G.O.C.A.)
is a self-contained portable exhibition space located in a suitcase. It is an ongoing project founded by Los Angeles based artist Ed Gomez. The objective of G.O.C.A. is to provide an alternative space for artists to call into question curatorial and institutionalized practices. Previous installments have included conservators and art preparators of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and several Southern California based artists.
G.O.C.A. has a growing permanent collection of artworks from previously exhibited artists and a gift shop with original G.O.C.A. merchandise. Exhibition catalogs, booklets, t-shirts, and postcards may be purchased in G.O.C.A.’s traveling external gift shop.
for more information email me at zemogde@hotmail.com
Gift Shop
it doesn’t need a title
2004
Cedric Adams 2004
Tommy Beane
Chris Ellis
Edwin Menendez
Sam Pace
David Parker
Chris Sicat
Jeff Stephens
It Doesn’t Need a Title, was G.O.C.A.’s inaugural exhibition for the On The Move show and included eight art preparators from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. These eight artists contributed works for the exhibition with the only stipulations being the size restraints of the exhibition space and that each artist worked at the museum as an art preparator.
NEXT
2005
Andrew Armstrong
Jesse Benson
Andrew Davis
Rob Faucette
Luis G. Hernandez
April Lillard
Matt Macfarland
Alfredo Mercado
Karen Emi Nakashima
Saida Staudenmaier
Chris Tallon
Next features eleven Los Angeles based artists who were invited to produce works for G.O.C.A.’s second exhibition.
The only restrictions placed on the artists were the size restraints of the exhibition space.
Spit
July 30th-September 3, 2005
Natasha Cochran Don Menveg
Soko Furuhata Catherine McLean
Cristina Graca Jean Neeman
John Hirx Chail Norton
Chie Ito Yosi Pozeilov
Ashley Johnson Terry Schaeffer
Jennie Koerner Susan Schmalz
Yadin Larochette Batyah Shtrum
Contributing artworks for this exhibition are sixteen conservators from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. The parameters for this exhibition were that the artists participating must be actively employed in the conservation department of the museum and that their works fit inside the exhibition space.
release
March 25 – April 15, 2006
G.O.C.A. catalog release exhibition. Exhibition held at Slanguage, The New China Town Barber Shop,
Los Angeles, CA.
Link
May 4-25, 2007
Cindy Santos Bravo Gomez Bueno
Enrique Castrejon Denis Gillingwater
Michael Maglich Raymond Pettibon
Mary Temple Roy Wasson Valle
Organized by Ed Gomez, Phoenix-based artist Carolyn Lavender, and collector and artist advocate Ted Decker. LINK brings together eight artists from Los Angeles, Phoenix, and New York. Gomez and Lavender, as exhibition curators, have invited artists with varying artistic practices from different geographical locations to overcome the restrictions set forth by G.O.C.A.
I.C.E. project
I.C.E. The Institute of Culture and Esthetics/Instituto de Cultura y Estetica, 2009
Tijuana, Mexicali, Los Angeles
Ed Gomez/I.C.E
Materials: Mixed media installation with video, photographic documentation catalogues and posters
The Institute of Culture and Esthetics/ Instituto de Cultura y Estetica is an organization established to create accessible archives and information centers for the purpose of protecting and promoting knowledge. For the 09/10 MexiCali Biennial, I.C.E. has compiled various forms of documentation covering the previous MexiCali Biennial events and exhibitions in order to create a single source of information.
The printed portion of the archive consists of digital images and files that have been processed based on numerical and alphabetical titles as well as file formats. I.C.E. has taken this digitally sorted material and created a single printed catalogue which is titled, Codex 06/09/10. The result is an archive of digital information and images presented in a systematic manner with didactic text. The purpose for I.C.E.’s MexiCali Biennial project is to preserve the various forms of information, provide referential sources, and create an authoritarian source of information to guide public understanding.
Below are images of the various installations of I.C.E. for the MexiCali Biennial 09/10 in Mexicali, Tijuana and Los Angeles.
El Instituto de Cultura y Estética es una organización establecida para archivos accesibles y centros de información con el propósito de proteger y promover los conocimientos. Para el año 09/10 de la Bienal de MexiCali, I.C.E. ha recopilado diversas formas de documentación sobre los últimos acontecimientos de MexiCali Bienal y exposiciones, a fin de crear una única fuente de información. La parte impresa del archivo se compone de imágenes digitales y archivos que han sido transformados a base de títulos por orden alfabético y numérico, así como los formatos de archivo. I.C.E. ha adoptado este material digitalmente ordenados y han creado un catálogo único, que se titula, el Codex 06/09/10. El resultado es un archivo de información digital y las imágenes presentadas en forma sistemática con el texto didáctico. El proposito de I.C.E y el proyecto MexiCali Biennial es el de preservar las diversas formas de información, proporcionar fuentes de referencia, y crear una fuente autoritaria de información para orientar la comprensión del público.
Dissuading Passage
3 Dimensional
Delusionarium1, Legacy Arts Gallery, Santa Ana, CA