Goon

Among the 2018 stone lithographs, this print combines direct drawing on limestone with chine-collé, the latter introducing a separate inset of thin paper laminated to the support during the press run. Stone, with its characteristic absorbency, holds tusche washes and crayon work in tonal gradations that aluminum plates approximate less faithfully; the chine-collé layer adds a localized field of differing color or fiber that sits within the image rather than around it. The title resists straightforward reading and operates as a verbal trace—syllabic, unfixed—consistent with Yokoo's interest in ambiguous boundaries between language, image, and gesture. By 2018 his practice had begun to extend beyond lithography into installation and site-responsive work, but the prints from this period continue to ground his concerns in the slow, hand-pulled lithographic surface. The chine-collé element, requiring precise registration and adhesive control, signals the technical care that marks his stone work.