Takashi Murakami

Parco Gallery, Tokyo
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Tokyo, Parco Gallery, Murakami Takashi: DOB in the Strange Forest, April – May 1999

This work is in very good condition overall. There is evidence of light handling and wear along the edges of the canvas, most notably at the bottom corners. Under Ultraviolet light inspection there is no evidence of restoration. Unframed.
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"It’s true that I pick up many ideas from different Japanese things. The way I formed my studio and how I organize things actually came out of the model of the Japanese animation studio and the manga industry. The manga industry is gigantic in Japan. There are so many layers to the business, like making a video, making a spin-off game, cards... The Japanese invented this industry. I’ve been immersed in manga since I was a kid. I grew up with this culture. So I started to think about how to compare manga to contemporary art." Takashi Murakami