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126Tomoo GokitaMature #5signed, titled and dated '“MATURE #5" Tomoo Gokita 2017' on the reverse acrylic and gouache on linen 89.5 x 145.7 cm (35 1/4 x 57 3/8 in.) Painted in 2017. Full CataloguingEstimate £80,000 - 120,000 ‡ Place Advance BidContact Specialist Tamila Kerimova Specialist, Head of Day Sale, Director 20th Century & Contemporary Art +44 20 7318 4065 tkerimova@phillips.com
'Mr. Gokita’s vocabulary barrels across illustration, pornography, abstraction, children’s drawing, calligraphy and sign-painting, with a perfect control, velvety surfaces and tonal range that makes black-and-white feel like living colour.' —Roberta Smith Condition ReportRequest Condition ReportThank youfor your request. The Condition Report will be sent shortly.Contact Us* RequiredSend me the Report ViaEmailFaxContact SpecialistCancelProvenanceMary Boone Gallery, New York Private Collection Acquired from the above by the present ownerExhibitedNew York, Mary Boone Gallery, Tomoo Gokita: Beauty, 2 November - 22 December 2017Artist BioTomoo GokitaJapanese • 1969 Follow Best known for grey-scale paintings that combine abstract and figurative elements, Tomoo Gokita is one of the most internationally prominent contemporary Japanese artists. His signature works feature archetypal figures or groups with their faces obscured, evoking haunting film stills or magazine spreads. Gokita enrolled in a local art school in 1988, but dropped out two years later to pursue a career in graphic design. Though he found success as a designer in the Japanese music industry, he felt creatively stifled and returned to painting full-time in the mid 1990s. Similar to the way Gerhard Richter used photographs as a starting point for abstraction, Gokita combines visual references from found imagery with his stylized approach, creating portraits that are both rooted in memory and rich in painterly expression. His precise technique, often characterized by abstract flourishes and gestural swipes, can be traced to influence from New York’s Neo-Expressionists. In this playful manipulation of form, Gokita injects a sense of humor into his work, warping the archetypal into the absurd. Gokita has been the subject of multiple solo exhibitions at many prominent museums and galleries, including the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art in Sakura, Japan. The artist continues to live and work in Tokyo.View More Works