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1/20/2018 0 Comments Awareness 5: Takashi MurakamiI first discovered Murakami's newest exhibit: The Octopus Eats it's Own Leg; depicted below. I liked the style I saw on the piece linked here: here), with a lot of overlapping and the use of spray paint. After doing some research, I found out that he is a contemporary Japanese artist, whose style is more like the works below. He has become a celebrity recently, by collaborating with famous people like Kanye West and the brand Louis Vuitton. He works in a similar fashion to Jeff Koons, who works by drawing his vision and then hiring workshops to actually create the piece on a massive scale. While Koons', as I learned in Art 2, interns painted by hand, in the video below, Murakami's interns actually screenprint most of the piece on panels and put everything together when it's done. After getting to learn about Murakami's progress, style, and inspiration and getting to see some of his pieces, I really like how everything comes together in his "superflat" style. Not only do I like how he incorporates Japanese traditional and modern images into his art, but I like his use of patterns and repetition. However, I'm not that big of a fan of his most iconic motif, DOB (the mickey mouse looking one). Although I understand it has become part of his brand, but I just don't like it. I think it reminds me too much of Deadmau5 and how hard it is to be original nowadays. On the other hand, I love Murakami's use of color, and hope that when I finally do get to using my screenprinting set, I'll be able to apply the bright colors into my style just as he has. From now on, I'll definitely keep him on my radar for exhibitions to follow/ visit.
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