![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_March_13___card.jpg\")
<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
and the really big opening to-nite:<\/p>\n
TOMOO GOKITA – OPENS – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ !! – FRI MARCH 13 \/ 6-8 PM PIX FROM THE OPENING – TOMOO GOKITA – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ – ATM – MARCH 13, 2009 !!<\/strong><\/p>\n In fact, TOMOO’s work graced the poster – for – the show’s debut opening at PERES PROJECTS, BERLIN. and, for all you detail fanatics, the same great TOMOO GOKITA image, ‘Orthopedic Surgery’ graced the poster – for the NYC installment of the show – at DEITCH PROJECTS (SEPT 6-SEPT 29, 2007) – except in this version, TAYLOR McKIMENS was talked into doing the poster’s lettering !! (Taylor was also in the show.) BILL BRADY gave TOMOO GOKITA his debut NYC solo show at ATM in 2006. TAKA KAWACHI is behind ART CITY LLC – whose first SERIES of LIMITED EDITION HIGH QUALITY ART PRINTS – is by TOMOO GOKITA. PHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n and the really big opening to-nite: TOMOO GOKITA – OPENS – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ !! – FRI MARCH 13 \/ 6-8 PM the show runs: MARCH 13 – MAY 2, 2009 ATM – 621 WEST 27th ST – CHELSEA – NYC PIX FROM THE OPENING – TOMOO GOKITA – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ – ATM – MARCH 13, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/832\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nthe show runs: MARCH 13 – MAY 2, 2009
\nATM<\/a> – 621 WEST 27th ST – CHELSEA – NYC<\/p>\n![\"atm](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/atm___logo_05.jpg\"){kind=logo}
<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___1.jpg\")
\nTOMOO GOKITA came in from Japan – where he is based – for the opening.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___2.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___3.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___4___taylor.jpg\")
\nTAYLOR McKIMENS drops by to pay his respects to his friend, Tomoo.
\nbelieve Taylor introduced TOMOO GOKITA’S work to NYC, and the wider international audience with his landmark curatorial survey show, of 2005 – ‘STRANGER TOWN’.
\nsee: ‘STRANGER TOWN’\/JAN 2005<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___6.jpg\")
\nalso at the opening, CAROL BOVE and daughter, THEA !!<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___7.jpg\")
\nDAVID ARON in town for his show at MOUNTAINFOLD.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo___8.jpg\")
\nMICHAEL LAZARUS – he has a show up at ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY, in OREGON.
\nsee: ELIZABETH LEACH GALLERY, PORTLAND, OREGON<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___9.jpg\")
\nMICHAEL LAZURUS shows his card, with ‘push’, 2008-09, acrylic, collage & mirror on wood. 36 x 23.5 in.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo___10.jpg\")
\nTOMOO GOKITA – ‘NEVER SAY DIE’, 2009. acrylic gouache on linen, 76.4 x 63.8 in. ($25,000)<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo___11.jpg\")
<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___12.jpg\")
\nwe catch BILL BRADY, ATM’S founder\/director – with an array of TOMOO’S 3-D all-black figurine multiples – an over-the-top medium-sized female figure at top, and, a much smaller crouching male series – in the ATM front office.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___13.jpg\")
\nTOMOO’S – ‘Night and Day’ – is the big canvas that greets you – when you enter ‘Champion Carnival’ !!
\nTOMOO GOKITA, ‘Night and Day’, acrylic gouache on linen, 2009. 63.8 x 63.8 in. ($25,000).<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo___15.jpg\")
\nTokyo-based fashion designer, YASUKO, was among the several close friends that accompanied Tomoo over from Japan for the NYC opening.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009__16.jpg\")
\na smaller, but equally striking canvas !! very ambivalent, m-y-s-t-e-r-i-o-u-s !! – until you check the title !!
\nTOMOO GOKITA, ‘Shower Time’, 2009, acrylic gouache on canvas. 18 x 21 in. ($4,500)<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___17_w_kathy.jpg\")
\nTAYLOR McKIMENS, MATT LEINES and KATHY GRAYSON – luminaries of the human canvas, as opposed to the Tomoo painted kind !!
\nKATHY GRAYSON showcased TOMOO GOKITA’S work, in her critically well-received, widely traveled and widely documented curatorial survey show: ‘MAIL ORDER MONSTERS’ !! <\/p>\n
\n(JULY 1-AUGUST 4, 2007).
\nsee: ‘MAIL ORDER MONSTERS’ !!\/PERES PROJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n
\nsee: ‘MAIL ORDER MONSTERS’ !!\/DEITCH PROJECTS<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___18.jpg\")
\nTOMOO GOKITA – another large canvas in the show – ‘COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN’, 2009.
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 89.5 x 71.5 in. ($30,000).<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___19.jpg\")
\nrevered guest, CHUCK CLOSE – gets close-up – to TOMOO GOKITA’S – ‘COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN’ !!<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___20.jpg\")
\nCHUCK CLOSE at the opening of TOMOO GOKITA – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’, ATM, NYC.
\nFRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2009.<\/p>\n![\"tmoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___21_01.jpg\")
\nBILL BRADY greets CHUCK CLOSE at the ATM – TOMOO GOKITA opening: ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’.<\/p>\n
\nsee: TOMOO GOKITA-‘DRUNKO’ !!<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___22.jpg\")
\na smaller, but just as ‘stranger’, piece – TOMOO GOKITA, ‘A CRITICAL DANCE’, 2009.
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 28.5 x 23.75 in. ($8,000)<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___23.jpg\")
\n‘stranger’ again, a little larger !! TOMOO GOKITA, ‘RIDDLES ARE ABOUND TONIGHT’, 2009.
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 57.3 x 34 in. ($18,000)<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___24.jpg\")
\nwhoa !! TOMOO GOKITA , ‘TROPIN’, 2009 – is actually a shaped canvas, with a shallow bowl-like depth !!
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 13.75 x 12 in. (SOLD)<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___25.jpg\")
\nTOMOO GOKITA, ‘TROPIN’.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___26.jpg\")
\nfrom the side, TOMOO GOKITA, ‘TROPIN’.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___28.jpg\")
\nopening guest – CAROLINE CHU beside TOMOO GOKITA’S ‘TROPIN’ !!<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___29.jpg\")
\nthe big the bad the ugly and the small.
\nTOMOO GOKITA’S ‘TROPIN’ at left, and ‘NEVER SAY DIE’, at right !!<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___30.jpg\")
\nin front of: TOMOO GOKITA’S ‘NEVER SAY DIE’ – ERIK PARKER, (currently with a show up at PAUL KASMIN), and, NYC-based Japanese independent curator, and art book editor – TAKA KAWACHI.
\nTAKA’S wife, HIROKO, at right.<\/p>\n
\nsee: TOMOO GOKITA\/ARTCITYLLC.COM <\/a>
\nsee: ABOUT\/ARTCITYLLC.COM<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___31.jpg\")
\nthe boys !! TAKA KAWACHI, ERIK PARKER & TOMOO GOKITA !!<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___32.jpg\")
\nanother meeting of minds !! TOMOO GOKITA greets PETER SUTHERLAND.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___34.jpg\")
\nbehind them the wonderful: TOMOO GOKITA: ‘HEMORRHOIDS’ !! 2009.
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 89.5 x 71.5 in. ($30,000)<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___33_01.jpg\")
\nHISHAM BAROOCHA, foreground.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___36.jpg\")
\nERIC SAL (left) introduces us to that other<\/em> web terror – NYC art world look out !! – MARTIN BROMIRSKI !!
\nMARTIN BROMIRSKI posts: ANABA \/ SOCIAL SCULPTURE ?<\/a>
\nthat’s a definite – check it out !!
\nand, yeah, I agree. SARAH BRAMAN’S work is beautiful.
\nyur pix on her stuff at MUSEUM 52 – at THE ARMORY – were great. <\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___37.jpg\")
\nJUSTIN WALDRON and MISAKI KAWAI. Justin is Misaki’s studio manager.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___38.jpg\")
\nCECE COLE and JAMIE BOLING.<\/p>\n![\"Tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___39.jpg\")
\nMELISSA BROWN and LAN TUAZON.
\nMelissa took down our 6 numbers for her ARTIST LOTTERY POOL.
\nyep, we’re gonna big time – just you wait & see !! <\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___40.jpg\")
\nTOMOO GOKITA – ‘SOLID STATE SURVIVOR’, 2009.
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 89.5 x 71.5 in. ($30,000)<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009__41.jpg\")
\nJAPANESE photographer, MASAYUKI SHIODA, a friend of Tomoo’s – who also came in from Japan for the opening, strolls past – TOMOO GOKITA’S – ‘SOLID STATE SURVIVOR’.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___442.jpg\")
\nNYC-based painter – QUENTIN CURRY.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___46.jpg\")
\nANDY CLARK<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___47.jpg\")
\ncollector ERIC FOX jumped on TOMOO GOKITA’S – ‘THE BIRTH OF A ROOKIE MANAGER’, 2009 – right away !!
\nacrylic gouache on linen, 35.8 x 28.6. ($10,500)<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___48.jpg\")
\nit’s such a great one – gotta show ya – the whole canvas !!
\nTOMOO GOKITA – ‘THE BIRTH OF A ROOKIE MANAGER’, 2009.<\/p>\n![\"tomoo](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/tomoo_2009___49.jpg\")
\nCAROLINE CHO WAVES BYE !! – or – is HI !! from TOMOO GOKITA’S – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ !!<\/p>\n
\nUP-DATE: WED MARCH 18 2009 – HIROSHI IGUCHI – WAS ALSO AT THE OPENING !!<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_2009___Hiroshi___1.jpg\")
\nthe opening was so crazy great with artists !!
\nalmost forgot – JAPANESE-based artist\/designer – HIROSHI IGUCHI – was also there, visiting from Japan.<\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___2.jpg\")
\nhe had his new book: ‘CULT JAM’ !!<\/p>\n![\"hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___3.jpg\")
\nHIROSHI IGUCHI – ‘CULT JAM’<\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___4.jpg\")
\na look inside: HIROSHI IGUCHI – ‘CULT JAM’. <\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___5.jpg\")
\nHIROSHI IGUCHI – ‘CULT JAM’<\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___6.jpg\")
\nHIROSHI IGUCHI – ‘CULT JAM’.<\/p>\n![\"hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___7.jpg\")
\nI believe he was signing this copy for PETER SUTHERLAND !!<\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___8.jpg\")
\nHIROSHI IGUCHI at the TOMOO GOKITA – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ opening. ATM, NYC.
\nMARCH 13, 2009.<\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___10.jpg\")
\nPETER SUTHERLAND with his copy of: HIROSHI IGUCHI – ‘CULT JAM’ !!<\/p>\n![\"Hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Tomoo_Hiroshi___11.jpg\")
\nwith HIROSHI IGUCHI’S – ‘CULT JAM’ – PETER SUTHERLAND and QUENTIN CURRY.
\nat the openign of: TOMOO GOKITA – ‘CHAMPION CARNIVAL’ – ATM GALLERY, NYC.
\nFRIDAY the 13th of MARCH, 2009
\nPHOTOS: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n
\n![\"hiroshi](\"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-content\/photos\/Hiroshi___15.jpg\")
<\/a>
\nand for all you graphic designers – esp. FONT FREAKS !!
\nthis is the “Z” – HIROSHI IGUCHI – composed for: DESIGN TIDE\/TOKYO 2007 !!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"