
Tokyo Shyness Girl
2015
Tomoo Gokita's mixed media work combining acrylic and gouache to depict urban psychological states. The piece captures a sense of shyness and introspection within a Tokyo setting.
- Medium
- acrylic and gouache on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
July 8, 2020
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Artists in conversation

Yoshitomo Nara
Japanese · b. 1959

Nara creates figurative works in acrylic and gouache that explore psychological interiority and emotional vulnerability through simplified urban Japanese characters, sharing Gokita's interest in introspective mood and contemporary Japanese identity.

Marcel Dzama
Canadian · b. 1974

Dzama works in gouache on paper and canvas to depict enigmatic figures with a quiet psychological tension, mirroring Gokita's monochromatic palette, flattened forms, and focus on solitary human states rendered in a restrained graphic style.

Makiko Kudo
Japanese · b. 1978

Kudo paints isolated female figures in muted tones using acrylic on canvas, capturing urban loneliness and emotional withdrawal that closely parallels Gokita's portrayal of shyness and psychological interiority within a contemporary Japanese context.
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