Häsler Gomez
UNTITLED (I CAN'T—)
2020
performance in which the artist attempts to write with a permanent marker stick in his mouth while blindfolded by a sliver of the american flag, tar paper, roofing nails
36" x 60"
performance in which the artist attempts to write with a permanent marker stick in his mouth while blindfolded by a sliver of the american flag, tar paper, roofing nails
36" x 60"
UNNAMED (DEATH MASKS)
2018—2019
dust-masks, plaster, enamel, wall studs
site specific installation, dimensions variable
dust-masks, plaster, enamel, wall studs
site specific installation, dimensions variable
UNNAMED (MONUMENT II, III, X, V, XIII, VII)
2019—2020
7/11 "Big Gulp" cups, concrete, permanent marker stick, polyurethane
site specific installation, dimensions variable
7/11 "Big Gulp" cups, concrete, permanent marker stick, polyurethane
site specific installation, dimensions variable
Häsler Gomez
(b.1993 lives and works in Reno, NV, United States)
Häsler R. Gómez was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1993, but has lived in the United States since the age of four. As a queer undocumented man, his work predominantly deals with issues of personal, political, and social desire, and probes the complexities and connections between language, history, immigration, gender, and oppression.
His sculptural installations make reference to the home, the construction site, and sacred spaces in order to give voice, physicality, and space to memorialize the daily traumas experienced by marginalized individuals. Gómez's work is steeped in the poetics of oppression: from a reductive visual language to a limited use of materials to esoteric references, his work hinges on creating a power dynamic where the work and the viewer are simultaneously the oppressor and the oppressed; the works vacillate between being immediate/mundane and being abstract/inaccessible, yet the viewer holds the power to create meaning and assign significance. In doing this, he aims to create a space that presents narratives that assert resilience and resistance rather than aggression and defeat.
Gómez holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno. Gómez currently works out of Reno, NV.
haslergomez.com
Häsler Gomez / @haslergomez
(b.1993 lives and works in Reno, NV, United States)
Häsler R. Gómez was born in Guatemala City, Guatemala in 1993, but has lived in the United States since the age of four. As a queer undocumented man, his work predominantly deals with issues of personal, political, and social desire, and probes the complexities and connections between language, history, immigration, gender, and oppression.
His sculptural installations make reference to the home, the construction site, and sacred spaces in order to give voice, physicality, and space to memorialize the daily traumas experienced by marginalized individuals. Gómez's work is steeped in the poetics of oppression: from a reductive visual language to a limited use of materials to esoteric references, his work hinges on creating a power dynamic where the work and the viewer are simultaneously the oppressor and the oppressed; the works vacillate between being immediate/mundane and being abstract/inaccessible, yet the viewer holds the power to create meaning and assign significance. In doing this, he aims to create a space that presents narratives that assert resilience and resistance rather than aggression and defeat.
Gómez holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno. Gómez currently works out of Reno, NV.
haslergomez.com
Häsler Gomez / @haslergomez
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