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Takashi Murakami Exhibit Coming To MCA Chicago, by Wrinkled Brain on Mar 1, 2017 20:51:44 GMT 1, Couldn't be happier to hear he's coming to Chicago this summer. Didn't see a thread so I thought to share this. Please delete if this has already been posted.
Via Social Life Chicago
Takashi Murakami Exhibit Coming To MCA Chicago
2017 is sure to be a great year for the art world and art enthusiasts alike especially here in Chicago as the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) celebrates their 50th anniversary with a very special exhibit. After last yearโs successful run with Kerry James Marshallโs Mastry (AH.MA.ZING), this summer will bring another hot hot exhibit. From June 6 โ September 24, MCA will showcase the unprecedented exhibition of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg.
If you are not familiar with Takashi Murakami, you need to get up to speed asap-tually. The Japanese contemporary artist, who exploded into mainstream notoriety thanks to collaborations with Louis Vuitton during the Marc Jacobs era, Pharell Williams/Billionaire Boys club, Kanye West โGraduationโ album cover and many other pop culture icons to name a few, has been creating art for the longest time starting from his time at Tokyo University of the Arts where he majored in Nihonga, โthe โtraditionalโ style of Japanese painting that incorporates traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and subjects.โ Murakami is known for his vibrant anime-inspired characters has blurred the boundaries throughout his career between high and low culture, ancient and modern, East and West.
This major retrospective of his paintings features 50 works that span three decades of his career, from the artistโs earliest mature works โ many of which are being shown in North America for the first time โ to newly created, monumentally scaled paintings. Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg shows how Murakamiโs art is rooted in traditions of Japanese painting and folklore, and highlights the artistโs careful attention to craft and materials. It also showcases the artistโs astute eye for the contemporary influences of globalization, media culture, and the continued threats of nuclear power. Murakamiโs increasingly complex paintings are filled with characters and scenarios both saccharine sweet and menacing. They are evidence of a conflicted, concerned, and committed commentator on cultural production who recognizes that any effective โhookโ is bound to have a sharp point. Throughout his career, and especially over the last ten years, Murakami has combined spectacle with sophistication, transforming the art world while establishing his own reputation within it. Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and is curated by the MCAโs James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Michael Darling. Murakami was in Chicago in 2014 to screen his film Jellyfish Eyes at MCA Chicago.
Couldn't be happier to hear he's coming to Chicago this summer. Didn't see a thread so I thought to share this. Please delete if this has already been posted.
Via Social Life Chicago
Takashi Murakami Exhibit Coming To MCA Chicago
2017 is sure to be a great year for the art world and art enthusiasts alike especially here in Chicago as the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) celebrates their 50th anniversary with a very special exhibit. After last yearโs successful run with Kerry James Marshallโs Mastry (AH.MA.ZING), this summer will bring another hot hot exhibit. From June 6 โ September 24, MCA will showcase the unprecedented exhibition of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg.
If you are not familiar with Takashi Murakami, you need to get up to speed asap-tually. The Japanese contemporary artist, who exploded into mainstream notoriety thanks to collaborations with Louis Vuitton during the Marc Jacobs era, Pharell Williams/Billionaire Boys club, Kanye West โGraduationโ album cover and many other pop culture icons to name a few, has been creating art for the longest time starting from his time at Tokyo University of the Arts where he majored in Nihonga, โthe โtraditionalโ style of Japanese painting that incorporates traditional Japanese artistic conventions, techniques and subjects.โ Murakami is known for his vibrant anime-inspired characters has blurred the boundaries throughout his career between high and low culture, ancient and modern, East and West.
This major retrospective of his paintings features 50 works that span three decades of his career, from the artistโs earliest mature works โ many of which are being shown in North America for the first time โ to newly created, monumentally scaled paintings. Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg shows how Murakamiโs art is rooted in traditions of Japanese painting and folklore, and highlights the artistโs careful attention to craft and materials. It also showcases the artistโs astute eye for the contemporary influences of globalization, media culture, and the continued threats of nuclear power. Murakamiโs increasingly complex paintings are filled with characters and scenarios both saccharine sweet and menacing. They are evidence of a conflicted, concerned, and committed commentator on cultural production who recognizes that any effective โhookโ is bound to have a sharp point. Throughout his career, and especially over the last ten years, Murakami has combined spectacle with sophistication, transforming the art world while establishing his own reputation within it. Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and is curated by the MCAโs James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator Michael Darling. Murakami was in Chicago in 2014 to screen his film Jellyfish Eyes at MCA Chicago.
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