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Takashi Murakami
Kansei (trade name of Rinpa-school Edo Painter Ogata Korin, literal meaning: "Voice of the Mountain Stream"); Kansei : Like The River's Flow; Kansei Korin Red Stream; and Kansai abstraction
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£2,500
Lot Details
Four offset lithographs in colours, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets,
2010
all S. diameter 71 cm (27 7/8 in.)
each signed and numbered 21/300, 173/300, 28/300 and 18/300 respectively in silver ink, published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., Tokyo, all framed.
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Artwork ©2010 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved.
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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