Takashi Murakami
Murakami - Dokuro Yellow (Gold) - Silver backing
2000

Name: Murakami - Dokuro Yellow (Gold) - Silver backing
Brand: Takashi Murakami
Price: 2800 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Title: Dokuro Yellow (Gold) - Silver backing Edition: 300 Signed, numbered, edition 132/ 300. Print Size: 500 x 500 mm / 19.6 x 19.6 in. Medium: Offset print Framed: 27.3 x 27.3 x 1.5 in. Approx Framed at a reputable Los Angeles based framer. Brand new. This is a brand new print, sold framed. There are 2 of this print - framed in gold or silver. These are fragile prints prone to dents and waves if not properly handled. Handled by Los Angeles based dealer and framer, with fully insured shipping and buyer’s protection from 1stdibs. Seller has 2 pieces framed with gold or silver backing. Other photos and video shown here features Edn 89 with gold backing. -- Takashi Murakami is a world famous artist who has firmly established himself in the international art scene with his spectacular and distinctively Japanese aesthetic. As one of the founding members of the “Superflat” movement which placed him within the legacy of Pop art, he creates art with an exceptionally original artistic language inspired by his homeland’s anime, manga culture and informed by Japan’s centuries old artistic lineage, Buddhism, and historical Japanese painting and art. In true pop-art style, he blurs the boundaries between fine art and mass culture, integrating marketing and consumerism into his artistic concept. The psychedelic, vibrant imagery, meaning and backstories in his rich body of work make collecting his pieces so delightful and a statement piece to behold. His work has been shown in museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Los Angeles' The Broad, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA, amongst many others.

Creator:

Takashi Murakami (1963, Japanese)

Creation Year:

2000

Dimensions:

Height: 27 in (68.58 cm)Width: 27 in (68.58 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)

Medium:

Offset

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century

Condition:

Gallery Location:

Los Angeles, CA

Reference Number:

1stDibs: LU24111900322

View Invoice

Shop All Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami

Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami may be famous among collectors for his psychedelic flowers and chaotic cartoons, but artists likely know him as the theorist behind the contemporary art movement he calls “Superflat.”

Partially inspired by the Pop art of Andy Warhol, in which celebrity culture and mundane mass-produced items became the focus of bright and colorful works that both celebrated and criticized consumerism, Murakami’s Superflat encompasses painting, sculpture, digital design and more to present a subversive look at consumerism but is also an effort to blend fine art and lowbrow culture. A multifaceted and remarkably influential artist as well as a compulsive art collector, Murakami has collaborated with brands such as Louis Vuitton, while one of his most famous Superflat works is the teddy bear on the cover of the Graduation album by American rapper Kanye West.

In 1993 Murakami earned his Ph.D. from Tokyo University of the Arts, where he was trained in nihonga, a style of painting that originated in the late 19th century by artists who worked to preserve and promote the conventions and processes associated with traditional Japanese art. While practicing nihonga, Murakami began to realize that his beliefs didn’t align with the tradition, so his art subsequently took on a satirical feel that embodied a critique of the movement. Before long, his style took a drastic turn, embracing otaku, a rising postwar cultural phenomenon among Japan’s younger crowd who loved anime and manga. (Otaku is also integral to Superflat.)

This is when Murakami’s most well-known character, Mr. DOB, was born. This anime-inspired icon, which Americans might interpret as a cross between Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire Cat given its pronounced ears and broad and menacing grin, was part of the artist’s endeavor to elevate the otaku subculture but also to target mass consumerism. While Murakami conceived of Mr. DOB years ahead of his 2000-era Superflat theory, there is much common ground between the two. Not unlike his other creations, Murakami’s Mr. DOB is equal parts erotic, disturbing and cartoonish — an incisive mockery of the mingling of commerce and fine art so prevalent in Japanese popular culture.

Find original Takashi Murakami prints, sculptures and more on 1stDibs.