Takashi Murakami

20-foot-tall Inflatable Self-Portrait

in lostateminor.com

by Gerry Mak

Taking the idea of an ‘inflated ego’ to the next level, Takashi Murakami created this 20-foot-tall inflatable self-portrait for his solo show, Murakami-Ego, in Doha, Qatar.

I spent two years drawing flowers

Flowers by Takashi Murakami


by sabine7
in mocoloco.com

Takashi Murakami explains how flowers became crucial elements in his work, "When I was preparing for the entrance exams for the University of Fine Arts, I spent two years drawing flowers. I drew some every day. And the entrance exam in the Nihon-ga section also involved flower drawing. Afterwards, to earn a living, I spent nine years working in a preparatory school, where I taught the students to draw flowers. Once every two days, I would buy flowers for my lesson and make compositions for the students to work on. At the beginning, to be frank, I didn't like flowers, but as I continued teaching in the school, my feelings changed: their smell, their shape - it all made me feel almost physically sick, and at the same time I found them very 'cute'.

Rosalia Banet la ARCO Madrid

Discovery at ARCO - Rosalia Banet


Here's another artist i discovered at the ARCO Contemporary Art Fair in Madrid last week. Her name is Rosalia Banet. Her narratives are wicked and tender like Nathalie Djurberg's, she colours (almost) like Murakami, and she seems to use any media with the same nonchalance ( .. )

de Regine in we make money not art

image Rosalia Banet / Galeria Espacio Minimo / via we make money not art

Takashi Murakami şi Louis Vuitton au probleme cu legea
Celebrul brand francez este acuzat că a vândut lucrări ale artistului japonez fără să respecte legea statului California, unde Vuitton are, din octombrie, un magazin la Muzeul de Artă Contemporană
de Andra Matzal in Cotidianul
Foto: Cotidianul