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Buying It.(Takashi Murakami)(Brief biography)
My favorite part of "[c]Murakami," a retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum of the juggernautish Japanese artist-entrepreneur Takashi Murakami, was the most controversial element in the show when it originated, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, last October: a functioning Louis Vuitton outlet, smack in the middle of things, selling aggressively pricey handbags and other bibelots, all Murakami-designed. (Vuitton has reportedly done hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of business in Murakamiana since its deal with the artist began, in 2003.) The shop is lovely. Shelving units in chrome and white enamel, with recessed fluorescent lighting that sets brass ...
- MADE IN JAPAN:AYAKO ROKKAKU, TAKASHI MURAKAMI, YOSHIAKI ISHIKAWA.
- News wire article from: AsiaPulse News May 15, 2009 700+ words
...Made in Japan: Ayako Rokkaku, Takashi Murakami, Yoshiaki Ishikawa ('Marty...renowned Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami launched this fair to support...KaiKai Kiki Gallery in Tokyo, Takashi Murakami's (1962) hyperrealistic...
- MARIANNE BOESKY GALLERY.(Takashi Murakami's "Mushroom" exhibition)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Richard, Frances September 1, 2001 700+ words
TAKASHI MURAKAMI On the wall flanking the entrance to Takashi Murakami's "Mushroom" exhibition was posted a long list of names and titles, like credits of a feature film. This team (mostly young artists who work as acolyte-assistants at...
- Less is more: more is more.(Esquire STYLE)(minimalist Richard Meier and...
- Magazine article from: Esquire September 1, 2008 700+ words
...Curated by Richard Meier and Takashi Murakami Stop us if you've heard this...Meier and maximalist superstar Takashi Murakami-to argue their cases and then...and art-world iconoclast Takashi Murakami--offers his rebuttal. BY...
- In the Realm of the Superflat.(exhibition of Takashi Murakami's sculptures)
- Magazine article from: Art in America RUBINSTEIN, RAPHAEL June 1, 2001 700+ words
...eye to Edo-period screens), Takashi Murakami creates inflatable sculptures...not the case, however, during Takashi Murakami's recent month-long installation...woman become so distracted by Murakami's multi-eyed balloon sculptures...
- MUSEUM-QUALITY MURAKAMI AT VUITTON 'STORE'.(Takashi Murakami retrospective)
- Magazine article from: WWD Medina, Marcy October 26, 2007 700+ words
...of Contemporary Art presents a Takashi Murakami retrospective, the most comprehensive...major player on the art scene, Murakami became a household name in 2002...Neverfull tote. / Yves Carcelle with Takashi Murakami. / A rendering of the soon...
- TAKASHI MURAKAMI.(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Interview PAGEL, DAVID March 1, 2001 700+ words
...MEET JAPAN'S POP ART SAMURAI Takashi Murakami ranks among the most critically...Modeled on Warhol's Factory, Murakami's freewheeling collective toys...What does this change suggest? TAKASHI MURAKAMI: I never think about things...
- Takashi Murakami: Marianne Boesky. (Reviews: New York).
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Siegel, Katy June 1, 2003 700+ words
...is cuteness, and it's one of Takashi Murakami's favorite modes, infusing his...and the ubiquitous Mr. DOB. In Murakami's latest gallery show, a panda...part of its creator." As usual, Murakami turns the tables: His giant fiberglass...
- TAKASHI MURAKAMI.
- Magazine article from: Artforum International Rimanelli, David November 1, 1999 700+ words
...Neo-Pop." Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's work as a painter, sculptor...But if the temptation to regard Murakami as yet another metastasis of the...figure on the American art scene, Murakami was educated in the Nihon-ga...