A contemporary artist whose work that I recently started enjoying is Takashi Murakami. He is considered by many to be the Japanese equivalent of Andy Warhol. I took this picture (right) at a recent display of his work at the Brooklyn Museum. Murakami is highly criticized for the massive commercialization of his work. He has turned his artwork into anything that can make money. Stuffed Animals, Key Chains, Mouse Pads, Sculptures, T-Shirts and maybe some of his most well known work is his designs which inspired a line of Louis Vuitton handbags. Murakami was also commissioned by Kanye West to do the cover artwork for his album Graduation (pictured below). Murakami also produced the music video for "Good Morning" from the same album.
You can check out the video on YouTube
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Tim,
ReplyDeleteGreat to see you were able to get on the blog, and congratulations on your first post. I am vaguely familiar with this contemporary artist, but am eager to learn more. You have exactly matched my intentions for this blog. Well done.