TAKASHI MURAKAMI - Black & Silver 'ENSO' Fabric Bag NEW!

Size: 45cm x 40 cm

Material: 100% cotton 

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T A K A S H I M U R A K A M I

Takashi Murakami was born in 1962 in Tokyo, andreceived his BFA, MFA and PhD from the Tokyo University of the Arts (formerly known as the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music). He founded theHiropon factoryin Tokyo in 1996, which later evolved into Kaikai Kiki, an art production andart management corporation. In addition to the production and marketing ofMurakami's art and related work, Kaikai Kiki functions as a supportiveenvironment for the fostering of young Japanese artists. Murakami is also acurator, a cultural entrepreneur, and a critical observer of contemporaryJapanese society. In 2000, he organized a paradigmatic exhibition of Japaneseart titled “Superflat,” whichtraced the origins of contemporary Japanese visual pop culture in historicalJapanese art. He has continued this work in subsequent impactful exhibitionssuch as “Coloriage” (FondationCartier pour l'art Contemporain, Paris, 2002) and “Little Boy: The Art of Japan's Exploding Subcultures” (JapanSociety, New York, 2005).

Murakami'swork has been shown extensively in group exhibitions around the world, and inone-person exhibitions at leading institutions such as Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris and theSerpentine Gallery, London (2002); Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2001);Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2001); and Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2007), whichtraveled to the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum für Moderne Kunst,Frankfurt and opens at Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao February of 2009. His exhibition at the Château deVersailles, France was on view in 2010.

Murakami currently lives and works in Tokyo, New York,and Los Angeles.