Final Confrontation
2012
A dramatic acrylic gouache composition by Tomoo Gokita exploring themes of conflict and confrontation. The 2012 work demonstrates the artist's expressive use of mixed media techniques on canvas.
- Medium
- acrylic gouache on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale in Association with Poly Auction
November 30, 2021
Artists in conversation
Marcel Dzama
Canadian · b. 1974
Dzama creates figurative works with a similarly theatrical and confrontational energy, using gouache and ink to depict dramatic human conflicts with a restrained yet expressive palette that closely mirrors Gokita's approach in this piece.
Henrik振 Karlsson
Swedish · b. 1881
Karlsson's figurative compositions share the same muted tonal drama and staged confrontational tension found in Gokita's acrylic gouache work, employing bold simplified forms to convey psychological intensity between figures.
Chris Ofili
British · b. 1968
Ofili's richly layered figurative paintings on canvas share the dramatic compositional tension and expressive material handling seen in this Gokita work, with both artists using bold mark making to charge figurative scenes with confrontational emotional weight.
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