Sayre Gomez: Halloween City [signed]

Publisher: Francois Ghebaly Gallery
Publication Date: 2022
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st
Hardcover, 96 pages. Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 8 1/2 (26.67 x 21.59 cm). Edition of 500. Signed on inside front cover. New. Published in conjunction with the exhibition: Sayre Gomez: Halloween City Francois Ghebaly Los Angeles February 19 - March 27, 2022. 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.