Takashi Murakami – thestreetsonline.com

Takashi Murakami

Japan’s answer to Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. A walking, talking creation of Pop culture, he’s an artist entrepreneur who ignores yesterday’s boundaries between high and low art, production and consumption… (More)

Takashi remixes manga-inspired pop themes. His one-man retrospective includes his first animated film and Murakami- designed handbags! Japan’s answer to Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. A walking, talking creation of Pop culture, he’s an artist entrepreneur who ignores yesterday’s boundaries between high and low art, production and consumption. This mega-exhibition will offer 90 paintings, sculptures, installations and films, not to mention a fully functioning shop stocked with handbags and accessories designed by the artist for Louis Vuitton.

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