No Reserve
249
Takashi Murakami
Kaikai-chan (BLUE eyes); and Kiki-chan (BLUE eyes), from Kaikai & Kiki
- Estimate
- £1,000 - 1,500•‡
£1,000
Lot Details
The pair of soft vinyl multiples with hand-printing in colours, each contained in the original printed cardboard boxes.
2018
Kaikai 23.9 cm (9 3/8 in.) height
Kiki 20 cm (7 7/8 in.) height
boxes 28 x 18.5 x 12.5 cm (11 x 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
Kiki 20 cm (7 7/8 in.) height
boxes 28 x 18.5 x 12.5 cm (11 x 7 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)
Both from the unnumbered edition of unknown size, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo (incised with the artist's and publisher's copyright stamp on the underside), for Tonari no Zingoro (with their inkstamp on the underside).
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Artworks ©2018 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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