Takashi Murakami - Evening & Day Editions London Wednesday, December 11, 2013 | Phillips

Evening & Day Editions

London 12 December 2013 2pm & 6pm

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  • 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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Takashi Murakami

Maiden in the Yellow Straw Hat; If I Could Reach that Field of Flowers, I would Die Happy; Poporoke Forest; and Open Your Hands Wide

2010
Four offset lithographs in colours, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets,
two S. 60 x 60 cm (23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in.); one S. 87 x 68 cm (34 1/4 x 26 3/4 in.); one S. 76.6 x 92 cm (30 1/8 x 36 1/4 in.)
all signed and numbered 174/300, 106/300, 181/300 and 87/300 respectively in black ink, published by KaiKai Kiki Ltd., Tokyo, all in excellent condition, all framed.

Estimate
£1,000 - 1,500 •‡

Sold for £3,750

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Evening & Day Editions

London 12 December 2013 2pm & 6pm