Artist

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...