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Curated by Alberto Salvadori
03.10.2024
30.11.2024
OPENING 02.10.2024
6-8 pm
Free entrance
Curated by Alberto Salvadori and installed on the second floor of ICA Milano, Gumbo is the first solo exhibition
in an Italian institution by Japanese artist Tomoo Gokita (Tokyo, 1969).
Among the leading Japanese artists active on the international scene, Tomoo Gokita draws from the American
subcultures of the 1960s and 1970s to compose a visual vocabulary that sees ballerinas, wrestlers and starlets
merge into abstract compositions that create a unique imagery with a dreamlike atmosphere.
In Gumbo Tomoo Gokita presents a selection of works that includes sixteen paintings, a body of drawings, and
four sculptures made specifically for the show at Fondazione ICA Milano. The founding theme of the exhibition
is the banality of everyday life, expressed in the depiction of ordinary subjects immersed in distorted and
surreal settings. Emphasizing the psychological dimension and the emotional reading of colours and shapes,
Tomoo Gokita ranges between figuration and abstraction and builds a universe populated by recurring
elements such as female figures and scarecrows.
We thank MASSIMODECARLO gallery for its support to the show Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Special thanks to
Taka Ishii Gallery.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
Tomoo Gokita. Gumbo. Installation view, curated by Alberto Salvadori, Fondazione ICA Milano, Milan. October 3 - November 30, 2024. Ph. Andrea Rossetti.
