No Reserve
240
Takashi Murakami
Dokuro Silver; Dokuro Yellow; Time Bokan - Blue; Time Bokan - Black; Lime Green - Time; and Pink - Time
- Estimate
- £1,500 - 2,000•
£3,810
Lot Details
Six offset lithographs in colours, on wove paper, the full sheets.
2000; 2001; and 2008
all S. 50 x 50 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
All signed and numbered variously from the editions of 300 in silver and black ink, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, one framed.
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Catalogue Essay
Artworks ©2000, 2001 and 2008 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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