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Koak — Resting
Koak — Resting
Koak — Resting
Koak

Resting

2024

Resting presents a quietly magnetic example of Koak's signature visual language, rendered in Flashe on linen mounted to panel. The matte, velvety quality of Flashe suits the work's contemplative mood, allowing color to sit flatly and deliberately on the surface while the linen weave lends an organic warmth beneath. At a compact 30.5 by 40.6 centimeters, the painting rewards close proximity, inviting the viewer into an intimate register that larger works from the artist's practice cannot replicate in quite the same way. Koak, the Oakland-based artist Rebecca Kauffman, has developed one of the most recognizable figurative vocabularies in contemporary American painting, building a world populated by elongated, tender characters navigating states of vulnerability and interiority. Resting is characteristic of this sustained inquiry into the body at rest, caught between wakefulness and surrender. The figures that move through Koak's work carry no fixed gender or identity, functioning instead as open vessels for emotional projection, a quality that has earned the artist devoted collectors and significant critical attention across gallery and institutional contexts alike. This panel, offered through Perrotin, represents a strong entry point into Koak's practice for collectors seeking a work that balances accessibility in scale with genuine depth of feeling. Signed by the artist, it arrives unframed, allowing the buyer to make considered decisions about presentation. Works of this intimacy and finish from Koak's recent output have demonstrated consistent demand, and the 2024 date situates it firmly within the artist's current and most resolved period of production.

Medium
Flashe on linen mounted to panel
Overall
Signed
Yes

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Koak, Resting, 2024

Resting presents a quietly magnetic example of Koak's signature visual language, rendered in Flashe on linen mounted to panel. The matte, velvety quality of Flashe suits the work's contemplative mood, allowing color to sit flatly and deliberately on the surface while the linen weave lends an organic warmth beneath. At a compact 30.5 by 40.6 centimeters, the painting rewards close proximity, inviting the viewer into an intimate register that larger works from the artist's practice cannot replicate in quite the same way. Koak, the Oakland-based artist Rebecca Kauffman, has developed one of the most recognizable figurative vocabularies in contemporary American painting, building a world populated by elongated, tender characters navigating states of vulnerability and interiority. Resting is characteristic of this sustained inquiry into the body at rest, caught between wakefulness and surrender. The figures that move through Koak's work carry no fixed gender or identity, functioning instead as open vessels for emotional projection, a quality that has earned the artist devoted collectors and significant critical attention across gallery and institutional contexts alike. This panel, offered through Perrotin, represents a strong entry point into Koak's practice for collectors seeking a work that balances accessibility in scale with genuine depth of feeling. Signed by the artist, it arrives unframed, allowing the buyer to make considered decisions about presentation. Works of this intimacy and finish from Koak's recent output have demonstrated consistent demand, and the 2024 date situates it firmly within the artist's current and most resolved period of production.

Medium
Flashe on linen mounted to panel
Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm
Year
2024
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Perrotin

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