culture /ˈkʌltʃə/ noun the arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively.
Tan Tan Bo, Takashi Murakami (2016) [Silkscreen]
About:
Although the artist 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, 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. The artist 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.
We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don’t completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched by it. This is what we have come to call art.
—Takashi Murakami
Influence:
- found influence and inspiration through the colour and faces within his work.
- to me his designs presents emotions.
- I will not be representing culture through my designs
Sources:
https://gagosian.com/artists/takashi-murakami/
Commenti