Takashi Murakami - Wired: Online Auction London Thursday, May 18, 2023 | Phillips

Wired: Online Auction

18 - 24 May 2023

  • Provenance

    Perrotin, Paris
    Acquired from the 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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Takashi Murakami

Wouldn't It Be Nice If We Could Do Such A Thing

signed, numbered and dated 'Takashi Murakami 19 141/300' lower right; inscribed 'Fujiko F Fujio' [in Japanese] lower left
screenprint with cold stamped gold and silver foil on wove paper
image 46.2 x 93.8 cm (18 1/4 x 36 7/8 in.)
sheet 56.4 x 103.9 cm (22 1/4 x 40 7/8 in.)
Executed in 2019, this work is number 141 from an edition of 300.

Artworks ©2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., All Rights Reserved

Estimate
£1,500 - 2,000 •

Sold for £508

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Wired: Online Auction

18 - 24 May 2023