
Two works: (i) Lingerie No. 1; (ii) M
2000
Two monochromatic works rendered in charcoal on paper, Gokita's signature style emerges through his signature blend of figuration and obscurity, where seductive female forms are simultaneously revealed and concealed beneath hazy, smoke-like tonal gradations. The figures possess a cinematic, vintage quality reminiscent of mid-century pin-ups and pulp imagery, yet their identities are deliberately dissolved through Gokita's smudged, abstracted mark-making. The result is a tension between glamour and erasure, presence and absence, that gives each work an unsettling psychological depth.
- Medium
- charcoal on paper
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
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September 19, 2017
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