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Murakami at MOCA
© Murakami
The Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, California
October 29, 2007 - January 13, 2008
Title: 727-727, 2006
Artist: Takashi Murakami (Japanese-American b. 1963)
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Board
Dimensions: 118 x 177 1/4 x 2 3/4 in.,
Courtesy of Blum & Poe, Los Angeles,
© 2006 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. all rights reserved
Image Courtesy: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Contemporary Japanese born artist Takashi Murakami is famed for his marriage between popular cultural themes and traditional Japanese art. His work demands to be seen. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles responded. They
present the most comprehensive retrospective of his works though it is relatively early in the artist's career. Murakami, born in 1962, earned the honor.
Title: Tan Tan Bo, 2001
Artist: Takashi Murakami (Japanese-American b. 1963)
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas Mounted on Board
Dimensions: 3/4 x 212 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.,
Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
© 2001 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. all rights reserved
Image Courtesy: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
MOCA director Jeremey Strick said, "MOCA's long-standing relationship with Murakami and our history of featuring contemporary Japanese artists are just two of the important forces behind this exhibition. With this thorough presentation of Murakami's diverse ouevre, MOCA is pleased to continue our tradition of presenting influential artists in their first large-scale monographic exhibitions."
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Title: Installation view of Summon monsters? Open the door? Heal?
Or die?, Kaikai & Kiki, (2000), Time Bokan – pink, (2001), and Jellyfish Eyes
(2002) at Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2001,
Artist: Takashi Murakami (Japanese-American b. 1963)
Photo by Norihiro Ueno,
Courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and
Miami, and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York,
© 2001 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. all rights reserved
Image Courtesy: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
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The connection between fine art and popular culture are embodied in Murakami's creations. First the artist envisions characters to tell their story using painting, film, installation art or sculptural form. The next step is marketing using traditional merchandising techniques: key chains, stickers, T-shirts etc.
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Title: Installation view of Crazy Z, DOB’S MARCH (1995) and
Melting Mr. DOB Balloon (1995) at SCAI The Bathhouse, Tokyo,
Artist: Takashi Murakami (Japanese-American b. 1963)
Medium: Vinyl Chloride and Helium gas
Dimensions: Approx. 118 in. diam. each
Photo by Norihiro Ueno
Courtesy of SCAI the Bathhouse, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and Miami, and Tomio Koyama
Gallery, Tokyo,
© 1995 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. all rights reserved
Image Courtesy: The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The multi-media exhibit will include over 90 works. MOCA's chief curator Paul Schimmel curated the Murakami retrospective.
© Murakami
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles:
October 29, 2007 - February 11, 2008
The Brooklyn Museum, New York:
April 4 - July 13, 2008
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt:
October 2008 - December/January 2009
Guggenheim, Bilbao:
February - May 2009
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