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Koak — Stillness
Koak

Stillness

2019

Stillness, a 2019 lithograph by San Francisco-based artist Koak, presents a fashionably rendered figure at rest, cigarette in hand, amid a composition of flowers and draping branches that suggests an idyllic domestic scene while quietly undermining it. Jaunty reminders of household obligation are woven throughout the imagery, creating a tension between leisure and expectation that gives the work its wry, layered charge. Produced in collaboration with the storied Barcelona print house Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, the lithograph reflects Koak's singular ability to bring the sophistication of fine art printing to her distinctive visual language, one that draws equally from the lyrical line work of Henri Matisse and the flat, expressive sensibilities of contemporary comics. Koak's practice has earned consistent critical attention for the way it reframes questions of gender, feminism, and domesticity through imagery that feels at once playful and precise. Her figures inhabit everyday settings with a knowing ease, their apparent repose often carrying a subtext of quiet resistance or ironic awareness. Stillness exemplifies this approach, folding its feminist undertones into a composition of genuine decorative beauty. Offered as edition 2 of 20, with the edition also including 2 artist's proofs and 3 hors commerce impressions, the work is signed by the artist and measures 38.1 by 27.9 centimeters. This impression is being offered through the Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction, connecting collectors with a tightly editioned print from a pivotal moment in Koak's career.

Medium
Lithograph
Sheet
Signed
Yes

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Koak, Stillness, 2019

Stillness, a 2019 lithograph by San Francisco-based artist Koak, presents a fashionably rendered figure at rest, cigarette in hand, amid a composition of flowers and draping branches that suggests an idyllic domestic scene while quietly undermining it. Jaunty reminders of household obligation are woven throughout the imagery, creating a tension between leisure and expectation that gives the work its wry, layered charge. Produced in collaboration with the storied Barcelona print house Polígrafa Obra Gráfica, the lithograph reflects Koak's singular ability to bring the sophistication of fine art printing to her distinctive visual language, one that draws equally from the lyrical line work of Henri Matisse and the flat, expressive sensibilities of contemporary comics. Koak's practice has earned consistent critical attention for the way it reframes questions of gender, feminism, and domesticity through imagery that feels at once playful and precise. Her figures inhabit everyday settings with a knowing ease, their apparent repose often carrying a subtext of quiet resistance or ironic awareness. Stillness exemplifies this approach, folding its feminist undertones into a composition of genuine decorative beauty. Offered as edition 2 of 20, with the edition also including 2 artist's proofs and 3 hors commerce impressions, the work is signed by the artist and measures 38.1 by 27.9 centimeters. This impression is being offered through the Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction, connecting collectors with a tightly editioned print from a pivotal moment in Koak's career.

Medium
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 38.1 x 27.9 cm
Year
2019
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Headlands Center for the Arts Benefit Auction

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Gavin Kennedy