Takashi Murakami - Evening & Day Editions New York Tuesday, April 21, 2015 | Phillips

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  • Catalogue Essay

    Artwork ©1999 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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Project KO² Perfect

1999
Plastic and wood model painted in colors,
including base 20 7/8 x 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in. (53.2 x 21.5 x 14.5 cm)
signed and numbered 27/200 in blue ink on the accompanying Certificate of Authenticity, master model made by BOME (Kaiyodo).

Estimate
$8,000 - 12,000 

Sold for $17,500

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Evening & Day Editions

New York Auctions 21 April 2015