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Born in Tokyo in 1962, Takashi Murakami is one of the most influential artists to come out of Japan in recent decades. Formally trained in Nihonga (a painting style focused on traditional Japanese techniques and subject matter), Murakami earned a Ph.D. from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1993, and emerged out of Japan's Neo-Pop generation after the collapse of Japan's bubble economy in the late 1980s. His artworks have been received at galleries, museums and auctions in major cities around the globe from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles to London.

Although Murakami has consistently incorporated contemporary Japanese popular culture in the forms of anime (animation) and manga (comic books) into his work, he has also continued to draw on traditional Japanese sources ranging from Buddhist imagery, incorporating flowers, 12th-century picture scrolls and Zen painting, and compositional techniques from 18th-century Edo eccentric painting.

Forging a new reciprocal relationship between high art and mass culture, Murakami's artistic practice is predicated on seeing art as a part of the economy. Murakami is significant for carving out a new entrepreneurial model based on a transformation of applied market strategies. This model can be attributed to the global shift from a consumer-based society to a service-oriented economy, which differentiates Murakami from Andy Warhol and his contemporaries Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.

In addition to creating artworks, Murakami has made a constellation of ancillary activities integral to his practice by taking on the roles of curator, lecturer, event coordinator, radio host, newspaper columnist, and manager of emerging artists. His international corporation Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., with its multi-faceted operations in mass-produced merchandising, animated film production, and corporate design commissions including his renowned collaboration with Louis Vuitton Paris, reveals his aim to creatively widen art's distributive capacities. The artist continues to innovate by jumping into the world of NFTs.


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Sculpture, Assiette, Takashi Murakami

Assiette

Takashi Murakami

Sculpture - 20 x 37 x 0.5 cm

$1,019

Print, Dokuro Yellow, Takashi Murakami

Dokuro Yellow

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$3,500

Design, Mr. DoB Dobtopus B, Takashi Murakami

Mr. DoB Dobtopus B

Takashi Murakami

Design - 25 x 28 x 22 cm

$5,094

Print, Acupuncture Flowers, Takashi Murakami

Acupuncture Flowers

Takashi Murakami

Print - 68 x 68 x 0.3 cm

$3,849 $3,079

Sculpture, Mr. Dob, Takashi Murakami

Mr. Dob

Takashi Murakami

Sculpture - 24 x 26 x 18 cm

$3,283

Print, Dream of opposite, Takashi Murakami

Dream of opposite

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.2 cm

$2,558

Print, Time Bokan-Pink, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan-Pink

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$2,038

Print, Multicolor Double Face White, Takashi Murakami

Multicolor Double Face White

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 60 cm

$3,245

Print, Time Bokan - Missing in the Eyes - Red, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan - Missing in the Eyes - Red

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$2,038

Print, 727 Silkscreen, Takashi Murakami

727 Silkscreen

Takashi Murakami

Print - 77 x 110 cm

$39,738

Print, Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Blue Silkscreen, Takashi Murakami

Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Blue Silkscreen

Takashi Murakami

Print - 75 x 75 cm

$19,869

Print, And Then x6 Marine Blue, Takashi Murakami

And Then x6 Marine Blue

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$1,987

Print, Time Warp Scarf, Takashi Murakami

Time Warp Scarf

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$1,987

Print, A Little Flower Painting : Yellow, White, and Purple Flowers, Takashi Murakami

A Little Flower Painting : Yellow, White, and Purple Flowers

Takashi Murakami

Print - 55 x 44 cm

$2,943

Print, Friendship Forever!, Takashi Murakami

Friendship Forever!

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$1,987

Print, We are the Square Jocular Clan (8), 2018, Takashi Murakami

We are the Square Jocular Clan (8), 2018

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$1,653

Print, Flower ball - Burning blood, Takashi Murakami

Flower ball - Burning blood

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$4,811

Print, Korin Flowers and Water, Takashi Murakami

Korin Flowers and Water

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$1,987

Print, We are the Square Jocular Clan (1), 2018, Takashi Murakami

We are the Square Jocular Clan (1), 2018

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$1,653

Print, Kansei : The Golden Age, Takashi Murakami

Kansei : The Golden Age

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$5,800

Print, My Sincerity to You, Takashi Murakami

My Sincerity to You

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$1,987

Print, Paradise in a Flower Field, Takashi Murakami

Paradise in a Flower Field

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$1,987

Print, Hollow Black, Takashi Murakami

Hollow Black

Takashi Murakami

Print - 46.8 x 38 x 0.1 cm

$1,722

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan 10, Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan 10

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm

$1,126

Print, Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Pink Silkscreen, Takashi Murakami

Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Pink Silkscreen

Takashi Murakami

Print - 75 x 75 cm

$19,869

Design, Pop Up Flower, Takashi Murakami

Pop Up Flower

Takashi Murakami

Design - 2 x 37 x 30 cm

$1,698

Print, We are the Square Jocular Clan (9), Takashi Murakami

We are the Square Jocular Clan (9)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$1,653

Print, 108 Bonno Kelshas Flower Print, Takashi Murakami

108 Bonno Kelshas Flower Print

Takashi Murakami

Print - 52.1 x 68.6 x 0.1 cm

$2,038

Print, Flowers of Gratitude, Takashi Murakami

Flowers of Gratitude

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$2,318

Print, Time Bokan- Red, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan- Red

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 x 0.1 cm

$1,789

Print, We are the square Jocular Clan (4), Takashi Murakami

We are the square Jocular Clan (4)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm

$1,155

Print, Doraemon, Let’s Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine with Master Fujiko F Fujio!, Takashi Murakami

Doraemon, Let’s Go Beyond These Dimensions on a Time Machine with Master Fujiko F Fujio!

Takashi Murakami

Print - 65.5 x 57.4 cm

$1,987

Print, Doraemon Sitting Up - Every Day is a Struggle Nobita, Takashi Murakami

Doraemon Sitting Up - Every Day is a Struggle Nobita

Takashi Murakami

Print - 65.5 x 57.4 cm

$1,987

Print, Doraemon: So Much Fun, Under the Blue Sky, Takashi Murakami

Doraemon: So Much Fun, Under the Blue Sky

Takashi Murakami

Print - 60 x 60 cm

$1,987

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan 9, Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan 9

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm

$1,126

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan 8, Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan 8

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm

$1,126

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan 4, Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan 4

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm

$1,126

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan 3, Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan 3

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm

$1,126

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan 2, Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan 2

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47 x 47 x 0.1 cm

$1,126

Print, A Return from Wandering, Takashi Murakami

A Return from Wandering

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$2,583

Print, Inside The Soul, Takashi Murakami

Inside The Soul

Takashi Murakami

Print - 71 x 71 cm

$2,318

Print, Pink time, Takashi Murakami

Pink time

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$2,151

Print, Time Bokan - Camouflage pink, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan - Camouflage pink

Takashi Murakami

Print - 49.8 x 49.8 cm

$2,264

Print, Saved by Dokodemo Door (Anywhere Door), Takashi Murakami

Saved by Dokodemo Door (Anywhere Door)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 60 x 60 cm

$2,038

Print, So Much Fun, Takashi Murakami

So Much Fun

Takashi Murakami

Print - 60 x 60 cm

$2,038

Print, Flower Parent and Child, Rum Pum Pum!, Takashi Murakami

Flower Parent and Child, Rum Pum Pum!

Takashi Murakami

Print - 55 x 55 cm

$2,038

Print, Festival Flower Decoration, Takashi Murakami

Festival Flower Decoration

Takashi Murakami

Print - 46 x 46 cm

$2,038

Print, Friendship Forever, Takashi Murakami

Friendship Forever

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$2,038

Print, Korpokkur in the Forest, Takashi Murakami

Korpokkur in the Forest

Takashi Murakami

Print - 77 x 92 cm

$7,881

Print, Time Bokan - blue, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan - blue

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$2,038

Print, Yonaguni, Takashi Murakami

Yonaguni

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$5,630

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan (8), Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan (8)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm

$1,155

Print, Time Bokan, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$2,151

Print, Time Bokan-Red-Time, Takashi Murakami

Time Bokan-Red-Time

Takashi Murakami

Print - 49.8 x 49.8 cm

$2,264

Print, 727x777, Takashi Murakami

727x777

Takashi Murakami

Print - 98 x 65.7 cm

$5,630

Print, 727999, Takashi Murakami

727999

Takashi Murakami

Print - 98 x 65.7 cm

$5,630

Print, We Are The Square Jocular Clan (7), Takashi Murakami

We Are The Square Jocular Clan (7)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 47.5 x 47.3 cm

$1,155

Print, We Are The Jocular Clan (7), Takashi Murakami

We Are The Jocular Clan (7)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$1,223

Print, We Are The Jocular Clan (3), Takashi Murakami

We Are The Jocular Clan (3)

Takashi Murakami

Print - 50 x 50 cm

$1,223

Print, Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Silkscreen, Takashi Murakami

Shangri-la Shangri-la Shangri-la Silkscreen

Takashi Murakami

Print - 75 x 75 cm

$38,745

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Who is the artist?

Born in Tokyo in 1962, Takashi Murakami is one of the most influential artists to come out of Japan in recent decades. Formally trained in Nihonga (a painting style focused on traditional Japanese techniques and subject matter), Murakami earned a Ph.D. from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music in 1993, and emerged out of Japan's Neo-Pop generation after the collapse of Japan's bubble economy in the late 1980s. His artworks have been received at galleries, museums and auctions in major cities around the globe from Tokyo, Hong Kong, Los Angeles to London.

Although Murakami has consistently incorporated contemporary Japanese popular culture in the forms of anime (animation) and manga (comic books) into his work, he has also continued to draw on traditional Japanese sources ranging from Buddhist imagery, incorporating flowers, 12th-century picture scrolls and Zen painting, and compositional techniques from 18th-century Edo eccentric painting.

Forging a new reciprocal relationship between high art and mass culture, Murakami's artistic practice is predicated on seeing art as a part of the economy. Murakami is significant for carving out a new entrepreneurial model based on a transformation of applied market strategies. This model can be attributed to the global shift from a consumer-based society to a service-oriented economy, which differentiates Murakami from Andy Warhol and his contemporaries Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst.

In addition to creating artworks, Murakami has made a constellation of ancillary activities integral to his practice by taking on the roles of curator, lecturer, event coordinator, radio host, newspaper columnist, and manager of emerging artists. His international corporation Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., with its multi-faceted operations in mass-produced merchandising, animated film production, and corporate design commissions including his renowned collaboration with Louis Vuitton Paris, reveals his aim to creatively widen art's distributive capacities. The artist continues to innovate by jumping into the world of NFTs.

What is Takashi Murakami’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Provocative Artists, Stunning Sculptures

When was Takashi Murakami born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1962