Takashi Murakami is arguably Japan’s most popular and successful contemporary artist. He’s shown his work at prestigious museums and galleries around the world, it blends japanese pop culture, anime, painting, sculpture, fashion. (if you're a girl you remember the murakami's for Louis Vuitton). Some people have called him the Andy Warhol of Japan.
At the Moca he had his exhibition showing all his work (new and old), but if you know Murakami, you know you get impressed by his work, but this time, I was really impressed. Once again Murakami proved that he can do commercial work without trashing his artistic view, blending them both in an amazing way. Here's the new Kanye West video "Graduation" directed by Murakami, animated by OLM digital, responsible for animating a lot of anime in Japan including Pokemon.
I think this video is pretty amazing, the character design is great, the setting, the narrative and every detail is been taking care of. I like how Murakami keeps both world separate by colors,and how at the end everything is "Murakami colorful". Sorry for the video quality, but it's not out yet, and this was taken from the exhibition at the Moca. I promise when the video is out, i'll upload it on good quality.
Check his exhibiton right here and check out his work. Oh! and a preview of his upcoming animated film. Enjoy!
RYDR.
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