Name: Murakami: Ego (in English)
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Author: Takashi Murakami
ISBN: 9780847838899

Type

Physical Book

Author

Takashi Murakami

Contributions by

Massimiliano Gioni

Publisher

Rizzoli Electa

Year

2012

Language

English

Pages

268

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

28.6 x 22.8 x 3.3 cm

Weight

1.69 kg.

ISBN

0847838897

ISBN13

9780847838899

Edition No.

Synopsis "Murakami: Ego (in English)"

A comprehensive volume--overseen by the artist himself--on one of the most renowned living artists today, Takashi Murakami. Takashi Murakami is celebrated the world over for his deft blurring of high and low art. In this volume, accompanying a major exhibition of his work and the first in the Middle East, readers are immersed in the unique way Murakami channels the ecstasy and anxiety of contemporary culture. Conceived by the artist as a self-portrait in the guise of a cartoon, Murakami - Ego illuminates the role of the artist as a cipher and critic of pop phenomena as well as a mirror of global networks of consumerism, interpretation, and exchange. The book features some of the artist's most celebrated series, including Kaikai Kiki Lots of Faces and Pom and Me. Murakami has conceived of the exhibition itself as a work of art, creating new modes of display that include sculptural pedestals with digital animation, a circus tent that doubles as an indoor cinema, and an impressive 300-foot-long painting, all of which are featured in the book. In addition to an interview by curator Massimiliano Gioni, Murakami will contribute writings on various works.

Takashi Murakami

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Originario de la prefectura de Osaka, Takashi Murakami debutó con un one-shot en la Young Jump de Shueisha en 1985 cuando todavía cursaba en la Universidad de Tokio. Posteriormente, publicó varias historias cortas, todas ellas ambientadas en la comedia, hasta que en el 2000 llegó su primer éxito: Paji. Esta también marcó un punto de inflexión en su carrera al adentrarse en el terreno en el drama del slice of life. La obra publicada en la Young Jump contó con 9 tomos y recibió el premio de la Excelencia del Japan Media Arts Festival.

Aunque también siguió publicando comedias, es sobre todo sus dramas realistas los que más éxito tienen. Como es el caso de El pájaro azul, El perro enamorado de las estrellas y ¡Kota, ven!

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