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Takashi Murakami
Jellyfish Eyes Wallpaper
- Estimate
- £7,000 - 9,000‡
Lot Details
Screenprint in colours, on six lengths of wove wallpaper, one with margins, five trimmed to the printed edge, with two offcuts.
2002
one 75.5 cm (29 3/4 in.) width
five 69 cm (27 1/8 in.) width
all various lengths
five 69 cm (27 1/8 in.) width
all various lengths
From the edition of 15, originally issued in sets of 10 rolls, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, with the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity.
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Takashi Murakami
Japanese | 1962Takashi Murakami is best known for his contemporary combination of fine art and pop culture. He uses recognizable iconography like Mickey Mouse and cartoonish flowers and infuses it with Japanese culture. The result is a boldly colorful body of work that takes the shape of paintings, sculptures and animations.In the 1990s, Murakami founded the Superflat movement in an attempt to expose the "shallow emptiness of Japanese consumer culture." The artist plays on the familiar aesthetic of mangas, Japanese-language comics, to render works that appear democratic and accessible, all the while denouncing the universality and unspecificity of consumer goods. True to form, Murakami has done collaborations with numerous brands and celebrities including Kanye West, Louis Vuitton, Pharrell Williams and Google.
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