Takashi
Murakami
Takashi
Murakami
Murakami
The author of a unique oeuvre whose visual world is immediately recognizable, Takashi Murakami is one of the most influential artists of the contemporary art scene. His paintings, installations, sculptures and animated films imbued with Kawai (“cute”) aesthetics have been shown in major exhibitions all over the world.
A doctor in nihonga, a movement gathering several schools of traditional Japanese painting that arose in the 1880s during the Meiji era, Takashi Murakami belongs to the neo pop generation. Most of his works are inspired by Japanese popular culture, in particular the world of otaku (manga fans), as well as by the practice of Western artists such as Andy Warhol. The fruit of this dialogue between different cultures and times is a protean oeuvre full of whimsical characters and colorful worlds.
The Takashi Murakami artworks held in the Pinault Collection were first presented in 2006 at the Where Are We Going? exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, in Venice.
A doctor in nihonga, a movement gathering several schools of traditional Japanese painting that arose in the 1880s during the Meiji era, Takashi Murakami belongs to the neo pop generation. Most of his works are inspired by Japanese popular culture, in particular the world of otaku (manga fans), as well as by the practice of Western artists such as Andy Warhol. The fruit of this dialogue between different cultures and times is a protean oeuvre full of whimsical characters and colorful worlds.
The Takashi Murakami artworks held in the Pinault Collection were first presented in 2006 at the Where Are We Going? exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, in Venice.
