Takashi Murakami - Wired: Online Auction London Monday, April 15, 2024 | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo
    Acquired from above by the present owner

  • 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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Flower Smile

signed and numbered 'Takashi Murakami 182/300' lower right
offset lithograph on paper
50 x 50 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Executed in 2018, this work is number 182 from an edition of 300.

Estimate
£1,000 - 1,500 

Sold for £1,080

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Wired: Online Auction

15 - 24 April 2024