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Takashi Murakami has used a variety of materials in his work, and his characters have appeared across a wide range of media. His sculptures include silkscreened maple hardwood skateboard decks and cast vinyl figurines (polyvinyl chloride), and he has created silkscreen prints, ink drawings with permanent marker, and offset color lithographs on wove paper. Murakami is a filmmaker, too, and has produced paintings in oil and acrylics. The artist is supported by a large production studio and artist management company that he founded called Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami may be famous among collectors for the psychedelic flowers and chaotic cartoons that populate his prints and paintings, but artists likely know him as the theorist behind the contemporary art movement he calls “Superflat.”
Partially inspired by the Pop art of Andy Warhol, in which celebrity culture and mundane mass-produced items became the focus of bright and colorful works that both celebrated and criticized consumerism, Murakami’s Superflat encompasses painting, sculpture, digital design and more to present a subversive look at consumerism but is also an effort to blend fine art and lowbrow culture.
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Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami may be famous among collectors for the psychedelic flowers and chaotic cartoons that populate his prints and paintings, but artists likely know him as the theorist behind the contemporary art movement he calls “Superflat.”
Partially inspired by the Pop art of Andy Warhol, in which celebrity culture and mundane mass-produced items became the focus of bright and colorful works that both celebrated and criticized consumerism, Murakami’s Superflat encompasses painting, sculpture, digital design and more to present a subversive look at consumerism but is also an effort to blend fine art and lowbrow culture.
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TAKASHI MURAKAMI: OBLITERATE.. Limited Ed. Superflat Pop Art Japanese DOB Skulls
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Takashi Murakami - Obliterate the Self and Even a Fire is Cool
Date of creation: 2013
Medium: Offset lithograph with silver on paper
Edition: 300
Size: 50 x 50 cm
Observations: Offse...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Murakami print - Kansei : The Golden Age
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an offset print, limited edition out of an edition of 300, signed and numbered by Artist.
Enjoy video of the unwrapping of this brand new print at our Los Angeles framer! This print is now sold framed, in Los Angeles, CA.
"Kansei : The Golden Age"
潤声 ゴールデンエイジ
4c offset w/cold stamp + spot varnishing
オフセット印刷4色+箔+厚盛ニス
Diameter: 710 mm / 28 in.
Framed: approx 34 x 34 x 2 in.
Edition 300
Signed and numbered: edition 118 of 300
Made in Japan
Pristine condition, brand new, framed in Los Angeles, California
Seller in Los Angeles...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
TAKASHI MURAKAMI: DAZZLING CIRCUS Flowers & Skulls Japanese Pop Art Red
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Madrid, Madrid
DAZZLING CIRCUS: EMBRACE PEACE AND DARKNESS WITHIN THY HEART
Date of creation: 2016
Medium: Offset lithograph with silver
Edition: 300
Size: 68.9 × 53 cm
Condition: In mint condition...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
Takashi Murakami -- We are the Square Jocular Clan (1), 2018
By Takashi Murakami
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Takashi Murakami
We are the Square Jocular Clan (1), 2018
Offset lithograph
Edition: 132/300
Diameter: 50 cm
Hand Signed & Numbered by Takashi Murakami
The artwork is in excellent co...
Category
2010s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Offset
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - MIYABI: KŌRIN Pop Art. Japanese Traditional Flowers
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Madrid, Madrid
MIYABI: KŌRIN ( KŌRIN: COURTLY ELEGANCE 2020)
Date of creation: 2020
Medium: Offset print with cold stamp and high gloss varnish on paper
Edition number: 200/300
Size: 72 × 76,25 cm
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Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Paper, Varnish, Lithograph, Offset
TAKASHI MURAKAMI - FLOWER BALL - BURNING BLOOD Pop Art. Flowers Red Smiley
By Takashi Murakami
Located in Madrid, Madrid
FLOWER BALL - BURNING BLOOD
Date of creation: 2018
Medium: Offset lithograph with silver and high gloss varnishing on paper
Edition number: 30/300
Size: 71 cm Ø
Condition: In mint co...
Category
2010s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Silver