Takashi Murakami - Editions, Photographs and Design Hong Kong Thursday, December 12, 2024 | Phillips
  • Catalogue Essay

    Artworks ©2008, 2010 and 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved.

  • Artist Biography

    Takashi Murakami

    Japanese • 1962

    Takashi 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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Lot offered with No Reserve

Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door) in the Field of Flowers; We Came to the Field of Flowers Through Anywhere Door (Dokodemo Door); and Field of Smiling Flowers

2008, 2018 and 2010 respectively
Three offset lithographs in colours, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets.
all S. 50 x 50 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
All signed, dated and numbered 543/1000 and 520/1000 and 42/300 respectively in silver ink, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, framed.

Estimate
HK$15,000 - 26,000 
€1,800-3,200
$1,900-3,300

Sold for HK$27,940

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Editions, Photographs and Design

Hong Kong Auction 12 December 2024