Representative work by Takashi Murakami
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Artist

Takashi Murakami

b. 1962, Tokyo, Japan · Japanese · Based in Tokyo, Japan

  • PhD in Nihonga Painting, Tokyo University of the Arts (1993)
  • BFA, Tokyo University of the Arts (1986)
  • Superflat Painting
  • Smiling Flowers
  • Sculpture
  • Kaikai Kiki
  • Animation

Takashi Murakami developed Superflat as both a visual style and theory linking Japanese art history, anime, manga, consumer culture and postwar society. His studio Kaikai Kiki operates across fine art, merchandising, publishing and artist support.

Painting; sculpture; animation

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Major Works

  • 1996727
  • 1998My Lonesome Cowboy
  • 1997Hiropon
  • 1999DOB in the Strange Forest
  • 2000s onwardFlowers
  • 2001Tan Tan Bo
  • 2012The 500 Arhats
  • 2014In the Land of the Dead, Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow
  • 2013Jellyfish Eyes
  • 1993 onwardMr. DOB

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