Takashi Murakami Follow Pinyan signed and stamped with the artist's stamp 'Murakami Takashi Takashi [in Kanji]' on the stretcher; further signed and dated on the reverse acrylic on canvas 53.1 x 65.1 cm (20 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.) Painted in 1997.
Provenance James Hyman Fine Art, London Sotheby’s, London Olympia, 25 October 2005, lot 410 Private Collection Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 2008, lot 428 Private Collection Sotheby’s, Paris, 8 December 2011, lot 202 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Artist Bio Takashi Murakami Japanese • 1962 Follow 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. View More Works
Takashi Murakami Follow Pinyan signed and stamped with the artist's stamp 'Murakami Takashi Takashi [in Kanji]' on the stretcher; further signed and dated on the reverse acrylic on canvas 53.1 x 65.1 cm (20 7/8 x 25 5/8 in.) Painted in 1997.
Provenance James Hyman Fine Art, London Sotheby’s, London Olympia, 25 October 2005, lot 410 Private Collection Sotheby’s, London, 2 July 2008, lot 428 Private Collection Sotheby’s, Paris, 8 December 2011, lot 202 Acquired at the above sale by the present owner Artist Bio Takashi Murakami Japanese • 1962 Follow 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. View More Works
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