No Reserve
160
Takashi Murakami
Flower Smile; Open Your Hands Wide, Embrance Happiness!; and Flowers in Heaven
- Estimate
- HK$10,000 - 15,000•€1,100 - 1,700$1,300 - 1,900
HK$51,600
Lot Details
Three offset lithographs in colours, on smooth wove paper, the full sheets.
2011 & 2010
Flower Smile S. 49.8 x 49.8 cm (19 5/8 x 19 5/8 in.)
Open Your Hands Wide, Embrance Happiness!; and Flowers in Heaven S. 68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
Open Your Hands Wide, Embrance Happiness!; and Flowers in Heaven S. 68 x 68 cm (26 3/4 x 26 3/4 in.)
Each signed, dated and numbered 73/300, 156/300 and42/300 respectively in black ink, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, printed in Japan, all unframed.
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Artwork ©2000 ©2001 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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