{"id":28666,"date":"2016-03-23T11:44:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T16:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=28666"},"modified":"2016-03-23T16:16:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T21:16:33","slug":"tomoo-gokita-bill-brady-nyc-pop-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/the-bomb\/2016\/03\/23\/tomoo-gokita-bill-brady-nyc-pop-up\/","title":{"rendered":"~TOMOO GOKITA . . BILL BRADY – NYC POP-UP at JOHNSON TRADING GALLERY"},"content":{"rendered":"

BILL BRADY PRESENTS . . a TOMOO GOKITA – NYC POP-UP
\nthe show of 12 black and white paintings on paper – opened MARCH 4, 2016
\nand runs . . thru March 31, 2016
\nJOHNSON TRADING GALLERY<\/a>, 72 FRANKLIN ST, TRIBECA, NYC<\/p>\n

see: BILL BRADY GALLERY<\/a><\/p>\n

BILL currently has a big TOMOO GOKITA show on, up – at his new MIAMI space.
\nthe show, called ‘Damage Control’ (is that an inside joke, lol ?) . . is the inaugural show for the gallery’s new permanent home at 7200 NW Miami Court – in what I hear is Miami’s very happening, Little River District.
\nand which same space I heard is, way large & tres beautiful, bye the way !!
\ncongrats, Bill.<\/p>\n

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\nTOMOO GOKITA, painting on paper.
\nyes. the world needs a nurse. and, not<\/strong> a jolly one. a big, mean one.
\nstart to put this place in some kind of global order, a kinder holding pattern – with a big, big . . time out room. <\/p>\n

TOMOO GOKITA . . is the only artist I can think of, who is showing in NYC right now, who is hardcore enough to bring to the table, after the recent terror events. in Brussels, yesterday, and in Turkey, was it last week ? losing track – not<\/em> a good sign.<\/p>\n

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\nTOMOO GOKITA, painting on paper.
\nyes, it’s a harsh world. and not in the R CRUMB context either.
\noutcomes uncertain, but still the same human bio drives: love, or at least sex. family, drama.
\nthe human bio-reproductive circus – in all its gory, I mean . . GLORY !!<\/p>\n

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\nTOMOO GOKITA, painting on paper.
\nwhat is: sensuality ?
\nwhat is: the life span of a flower ?
\nis it . . too much to: hope ?
\nthe questions they ask are precious, but the paintings themselves are . . not.
\nthey verge on brut<\/strong>, and then circle right back again, to the timeless, universal human . . tale.
\nblack & white – just dials it up.
\nto a whole new level of . . raw.<\/p>\n

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\nthere are 12 paintings on paper that circle the room, and, most effectively. as they tell their open-ended, never-ending stories. we can all relate.
\nthey look to be 16 x 20 in. – something like that.
\neach one is very unique, and very striking. <\/p>\n

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\nTokyo-based TOMOO GOKITA – at the opening.
\nTomoo Gokita (b. 1969) has been showing with Bill Brady since 2003, 2004 ? I do well remember the stir his openings always created at the cutting edge Bill Brady – ATM. Tomoo has gone on to huge success, among many other exhibits – in 2014 he was the honored subject of a large-scale solo exhibition, Tomoo Gokita: The Great Circus<\/em> presented at the Kawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Art in Sakura, Japan.
\nre: going onto success, seems like so has . . Bill. <\/p>\n

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\nBILL BRADY . . . looking good, and doing even b-e-t-t-e-r.<\/p>\n

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\nPAUL JOHNSON of JOHNSON TRADING GALLERY – the GOKITA POP-UP \/ NYC host.
\nit was a really interesting venue, in and of its own, but also as a stage for Tommo’s stark, edgy work.
\ndesign + vision.
\ngreat pairing.<\/p>\n

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\nTAYLOR McKIMENS fresh off his big success with those huge head paintings at THE HOLE – Taylor told me he’s off to a 3 month residency in Greece and then . . omg, he’s moving to LA !!
\noh no. we will<\/strong> miss you.
\nand yes, that’s a MISAKI KWAI piece behind him, on display in the Johnson Trading Gallery venue.<\/p>\n

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\nKAWS . .
\nI’m liking KAWS even more, be-KAWS !! I hear he’s been going around buying up young NYC artists’ work.
\nname one ? a very happy ANDY CAHILL, who painted those wild, crack-crazy pieces in the recent ‘Anthem of the Sun’ group show at CANADA. <\/p>\n

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\nTODD JAMES – REAS.<\/p>\n

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\nBRIAN WILLMONT, had some crazy big shows of his own work going on recently, and he owns\/runs the totally trippin’ GREENPOINT TERMINAL GALLERY, in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n

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\nERIC SHAW . . had a great piece in that way-ahead-of-the-curve, big ‘DUCKS’ group show, RYAN TRAVIS CHRISTIAN curated at GREENPOINT TERMINAL, last OCT 24 – NOV 29, 2014.
\nEric’s piece was a crazy flat rendition of Donald . . Donald Duck, lol – called ‘DuckDuck’.
\nwtf, here’s the link – it was<\/strong> a great show.
\nsee: ‘Duck’ – artlovers archive<\/a><\/p>\n

~DUCKS . . PIX FROM THE EXHIBIT<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n