I visited Tomoo Gokita’s solo exhibition “MOO.”
The venue is Taka Ishii Gallery in Roppongi complex665.
Taka Ishii Gallery
This exhibition brings together only color works, which is unusual for Tomoo Gokita.
The color pieces were reportedly first presented at an exhibition held in Italy in March of this year.
Installation view
Until now, Gokita’s works have drawn inspiration from vintage foreign magazines, printed matter, and photographs.
The works presented this time depart from that approach: without any external source reference, they arrive at their present form through the interplay of remembered images, the accumulated experience of his past practice, and forms born by chance.
Installation view
Rendered in soft tones and a distinctive color palette, the varied pictorial subjects show a free, buoyant expression and rich texture, giving a clear glimpse of the artist’s further evolution.
Tomoo Gokita, Late Marriage, 2020, acrylic, pastel on canvas, 259.4x194cmInstallation viewTomoo Gokita, Booler T., 2020, acrylic, pastel on canvas, 194.1x259cmTomoo Gokita, Withered Flower, 2020, acrylic, pastel on canvas, 73x53cmTomoo Gokita, Changing Room, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 227.4×181.8cmLeft: Tomoo Gokita, Funk Coaster, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 60.8×50.2cm Right: Tomoo Gokita, Solitude, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 45.5x38cmInstallation viewTomoo Gokita, Bride, 2020, acrylic, pastel on canvas, 194.2×162.3cmTomoo Gokita, Neue Tanz, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 130.5x97cmNeue Tanz (Detail)Tomoo Gokita, New Latin Quater, 2020, acrylic on canvasNew Latin Quater (Detail)
While overturning his familiar imagery, the works still felt unmistakably his own.
The exhibition revealed high ambition through his commitment to constantly taking on new challenges.
