Video: "Super flat" painting by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
"We, in Japanese culture, do not have three-dimensional, three-dimensional images. Our drawing is characterized exclusively by 2D-forms, the so-called super-plane. This is the special charm of Japanese painting," says Tokyo-based artist and animator Takashi Murakami. Murakami coined not only the term "super-flat", but also the neologism "Po-Ku Revolution" formed from the words "pop" and "otaku", which characterizes the course of Japanese pop culture. A striking representative of this culture is our today's hero-painter.
As a child, Takashi Murakami did not want to become an astronaut or a pilot - he already dreamed of creating cartoons. Childhood dreams were destined to come true, and now Takashi Murakami is a famous artist and animator, the head of the Kaikai Kiki studio and the author of many chic designs of Louis Vuiton handbags, since he has long and closely collaborated with this famous brand.
Takashi Murakami's work is easy to recognize among thousands of others. He has a special, unique style that evokes a nervous laugh from fans of measured minimalism and joyful squeals from fans of anime and manga. Yes, yes, in his work the serious Ph. D. Murakami uses the aesthetics of kawaii Japanese animation, because his prints are full of funny and slightly abnormal animals, flowers, mushrooms, berries …
More information about Takashi Murakami's psychedelic painting can be found on his website.
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