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Tomoo Gokita — Cheap Sensation
Tomoo Gokita

Cheap Sensation

2007

"Cheap Sensation" by Tomoo Gokita is a striking work rendered in acrylic and gouache on canvas, showcasing the artist's signature monochromatic palette and bold, graphic sensibility. Gokita's distinctive style merges the aesthetics of vintage illustration and pulp imagery with an unsettling abstraction, reducing his subject to stark contrasts of light and shadow. The result is a figure or scene that feels simultaneously familiar and elusive, suspended between glamour and unease.

Medium
acrylic and gouache on canvas

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20th Century & Contemporary Art & Design Day Sale

November 26, 2018

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Tomoo Gokita, Cheap Sensation, 2007

"Cheap Sensation" by Tomoo Gokita is a striking work rendered in acrylic and gouache on canvas, showcasing the artist's signature monochromatic palette and bold, graphic sensibility. Gokita's distinctive style merges the aesthetics of vintage illustration and pulp imagery with an unsettling abstraction, reducing his subject to stark contrasts of light and shadow. The result is a figure or scene that feels simultaneously familiar and elusive, suspended between glamour and unease.

Medium
acrylic and gouache on canvas
Year
2007
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Pop Surrealism, Male Artist, Mysterious Mood, Japanese Artist, Acrylic And Gouache, Contemporary Artist, Figurative Art, 21st Century, Canvas Painting, Monochromatic Palette

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