Yellowmenace: ART: Takashi Murakami

April 9, 2017

ART: Takashi Murakami - The 500 Arhats

Takashi Murakami 村上隆: The 500 Arhats
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This exhibition focused on Takashi Murakami (村上隆)'s recent work, mainly his epic "The 500 Arhats", a 3-meterhigh, 100-meter-long painting of the 500 enlightened followers (arhats) of Buddha, created in response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Some large sculptural pieces & abstract paintings are also included.

Source: Mori Art Museum

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Superflat empire

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3 faced ringmaster

Murakami is the founder & President of Kaikai Kiki Co, through which he manages the Hidari Zingaro & Kaikai Kiki Galleries & organizes the biannual art fair GEISAI.

You can take a virtual 360-degree panorama tour of the exhibition thanks to Asahi. I wish more galleries & exhibitions would do this for those who can't attend in person.

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The 500 Arhats - Mori Art Museum

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Takashi Murakami was born & raised in Tokyo, Japan. From early on, he was an enthusiastic follower of animation & manga aspiring to one day work in the animation industry. He attended T.U.A Tokyo University of the Arts, originally seeking to acquire the drafting skills necessary to become an animator, but eventually majored in Nihonga, the ‘traditional’ style of Japanese painting

Source: Wikipedia

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