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Tomoo Gokita — Two works: (i) Lingerie No. 1; (ii) M
Tomoo Gokita

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

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Tomoo Gokita, 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
Year
2000
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Pop Surrealism, Erotic Art, Male Artist, Charcoal on Paper, Japanese Artist, Charcoal Drawing, Female Subject, Intimate Mood, Figurative Art, Emerging Modern Master, Diptych Series, Noir Mood, Works on Paper, Pop Influence, Contemporary Art, Monochromatic, Surrealist Undertones, Black and White

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