Did you know?
Murakami’s works are awash with regular characters, most notably the mouse-eared, wide-eyed Mr DoB.
Country of Birth
Japan
Auction Record
£7,794,991
My Lonesome Cowboy
Sotheby's New York
2008
Takashi Murakami
From Louis Vuitton bags to Kanye West album covers, Murakami’s work has permeated modern culture more than any other living artist’s. Trained in traditional Japanese art, he combined classical techniques with contemporary cultural references to create the self-coined ‘Superflat’ movement, a celebration of Japanese two-dimensional forms from wood-blocking to manga and anime. Murakami has exhibited all over the world, notably at the Palace of Versailles, where he filled 15 rooms with his multi-disciplinary work in 2010. More recently, he animated and directed an anime-style video for lauded American singer Billie Eilish.
Collections
- KAWS's private collection
- MoMA, New York, USA
- Yoshimoto Nara's private collection
- Issey Miyake's private collection
- Pharrell Williams's private collection
- Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, ES
- The Broad Museum collection, Los Angeles, USA
Exhibitions
- Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow, The Broad Museum, Los Angeles, USA, 2022
- Takashi Murakami: GYATEI², Gagosian, Los Angeles, USA, 2019
- The 500 Arhats, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, JP, 2018
- Solo Exhibition, Gagosian Gallery, Rome, IT, 2010
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