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Takashi Murakami
Acupuncture/Flowers (Checkers); Acupuncture/Flowers; Open Your Hands Wide, Embrace Happiness!; and Field of Smiling Flowers
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- £1,500 - 2,000•‡
£1,125
Lot Details
Four offset lithographs in colours, two on smooth wove paper, two on UV paper, the full sheets,
2010-2011
all S. 68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
all signed and numbered 54/300, 70/300, 128/300, and 122/300 respectively in black ink, published by Kaikai Kiki Ltd., Tokyo, all in excellent condition, all framed.
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Artworks ©2010-2011 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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