lunedì 20 maggio 2013

TAKASHI MURAKAMI - GALERIE PERROTIN, HONG-KONG



TAKASHI MURAKAMI
Galerie Perrotin
50 Connaught Road Central, 17th Floor - Hong Kong
21/5/2013 - 6/7/2013

The exhibition in Hong Kong (21 May - 6 July 2013), is the 9th solo show by Takashi Murakami organized by Galerie Perrotin in 20 years of collaboration, that will display in particular a set of new paintings featuring his famous alter- ego Mr. Dob and self-portraits of the artist surrounded by his emblematic characters including Kaikai and Kiki with epure backgrounds of skulls pattern.
After earning his Doctorate in Nihonga painting from Tokyo University of the Arts, Takashi Murakami developed a unique protean style which associated the most modern of techniques with the precision and virtuosity of traditional Japanese art and that of Ukiyo-e engraving in particular. Inspired by Manga and Kawaii culture, his irresistible world is peopled by monstrous and charming characters, facetious descendants of past myths. His theory of the Superflat aesthetic, which he introduced in 2000, attempts to blur the frontiers between popular art and grand art. The absence of perspective, the two-dimensionality of ancient Japanese art, filters in to every medium – paintings, sculptures, prints/silk-screens, wallpaper, animated films and accessories.
Since his first monographic exhibition outside Japan in 1995 at Galerie Perrotin, Murakami has become recognized as one of the most prominent contemporary artists of his time, and his work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions at museums and art institutions throughout the world. In 2010, France’s renowned Château de Versailles organized an important solo exhibition of his works on the palace grounds. In 2012, a retrospective entitled “Murakami-Ego” was organized by QMA at Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall, Doha, Qatar and included the 100m masterpiece painting “The 500 Arhats”. In 2013, the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art / Plateau, Seoul will organize an important solo show of his works, “Takashi in Superflat Wonderland”.