Join us at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on Saturday, October 29 from 2-5pm for a book signing celebrating the release of the limited-edition catalogue Sayre Gomez: Halloween City.
Over the past few years, Sayre Gomez has been developing a psychic map of America as seen through the cultural and topographic specificity of Southern California’s urban sprawl. The book presents a necroscape of abandoned malls and struggling small businesses. This built environment plays host to a curious ritual every October, when Halloween stores descend into the empty husks of defunct big-box retailers, thus briefly granting them a spooky resurrection. Halloween City surveys the artist's exploration of this late capitalist phenomenon and features a critical text by writer Daniel Spaulding. Gomez, whose work is in the MOCA collection, will be on hand to sign copies.
Book credits:
Essay by Daniel Spaulding
Image: Courtesy of the Artist and François Ghebaly Gallery. Photograph by Morgan Waltz.
Sayre Gomez: Halloween City
2022
10.5 x 8.5 in
26.70 x 21.60 cm
Edition of 500
Hardcover
English
Published in conjunction with the exhibition:
Sayre Gomez, Halloween City
Francois Ghebaly Los Angeles
February 19 - March 27, 2022
Essay by Daniel Spaulding.
Courtesy of the artist and François Ghebaly Gallery. Photograph by Morgan Waltz.
MOCA Store Book Launch: Sayre Gomez: Halloween City
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Program
Saturday, Oct 29, 2022 2pm
MOCA Store Book Launch: Sayre Gomez: Halloween City
Join us at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA on Saturday, October 29 from 2-5pm for a book signing celebrating the release of the limited-edition catalogue Sayre Gomez: Halloween City.
Over the past few years, Sayre Gomez has been developing a psychic map of America as seen through the cultural and topographic specificity of Southern California’s urban sprawl. The book presents a necroscape of abandoned malls and struggling small businesses. This built environment plays host to a curious ritu…