No Reserve
307
Takashi Murakami
Kōrin: Courtly Elegance; and Kōrin: Kyoto
- Estimate
- £1,200 - 1,800•‡
£2,794
Lot Details
Two offset lithographs in colours with cold stamp and high gloss varnish, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets.
2016
both S. 76.4 x 72 cm (30 1/8 x 28 3/8 in.)
Both signed and each numbered 133/300 and 147/300 in white and silver ink respectively, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, printed in Japan, both framed.
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Artworks ©2016 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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