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Takashi Murakami
Platinum Skulls
- Estimate
- HK$1,400,000 - 1,800,000€159,000 - 205,000$179,000 - 231,000
HK$1,375,000
Lot Details
platinum leaf on canvas mounted on aluminium frame
signed and dated 'TAKASHI 2016' on the overlap
199.5 x 153.5 cm. (78 1/2 x 60 3/8 in.)
Executed in 2016.
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Catalogue Essay
"An artist is a necromancer... An artist is someone who understands the border between this world and that one... or someone who makes an effort to know it." Takashi Murakami
Provenance
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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