
Sham Marriage
2013
Tomoo Gokita's 'Sham Marriage' (2013) is executed in acrylic, gouache, and charcoal on linen, creating a layered and textured composition. The work examines themes of false intimacy and performative relationships through contemporary mixed media techniques.
- Medium
- acrylic gouache and charcoal on linen
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
March 7, 2019
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Artists in conversation

Hurvin Anderson
British · b. 1965

Anderson works with figurative painting that explores psychological tension and performative social scenarios, using layered paint techniques on canvas that echo Gokita's textured linen surfaces and emotionally charged compositions.

Genieve Figgis
Irish · b. 1972

Figgis creates gestural figurative works using acrylic and gouache that examine false social rituals and theatrical human relationships, sharing Gokita's dark emotional undertones and mixed media approach to contemporary figuration.

Kour Pour
British · b. 1987

Pour employs layered mixed media techniques combining acrylic and charcoal on textured surfaces to produce emotionally dense figurative works that carry a similar brooding psychological weight and contemporary gestural quality found in Sham Marriage.
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