Brilliant! Art for the 21st Century

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	• Murakami Takashi Murakami, Dick Hebdige, ... Rizzoli, 2007 - 330 pages average customer review:based on 9 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Required for any Murakami fan

This a beautifully produced book with a great collection of Murakami images -- paintings, sculptures, etc., -- with some very interesting and accessible essays. It's an accompaniment to the @Murakami gallery show that was in Los Angeles and is now in Brooklyn through July. However, it clearly stands alone, and will last a long time on your coffee table or displayed in your home. If you like his stuff, this is the book to get. (and you might now understand "Super Flat" and "DOB"!)

LIKED IT A LOT

I did like this book a lot w/ beautifull images & the glossy paper made the images look very vibrant & bright.very informative about the artists work .worth the price.

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I love it!

I had to get this book after going to the Brooklyn museum exhibit. The price was incredible there and I was happily surprised to find it on Amazo nfor much cheaper! Thanks... great condition and speedy delivery

Brilliant! Art for the 21st Century

This book and the traveling retrospective show of Murakami's artwork shows the full scope and genius of his art. The pieces are entertaining and thought-provoking...here is finally an artist that is exiting to watch and see what he will come up with next. If Andy Warhol had lived into the 21st century this might have been where he'd have ended up. Murakami takes both the low to high concept, and the factory model to the next level. Most importantly: it's fun! The book is about as comprehensive as we're likely to get until an end of career survey comes many years later so this is the one to get.

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Two Books for the Price of One

As an artist, I originally purchased Copyright Murakami because I find his artwork technically impressive and socially valuable. His business approach has inspired me to look at art making and promotion differently. The book is essentially two books. The first half is of essays while the remainder is of high quality illustrations (in which many fold out). I found the essays, "Making Murakami" by Paul Schimmel and "Takashi Murakami: Company Man" by Scott Rothkopf to be the most informative and clearly written of the five essays. These two compositions clearly lay out Murakami's rise in the art world and his philosophy. I had to read the other three a couple of times to fully understand what the authors were trying to say. All of the essays are accompanied with additional photographs.

Although the original artwork sizes are listed in the back of the book, I think the viewing experience would be better if the proportions were listed next to the images. I grew tired of constantly referring to the back of the book to get a sense of a piece's size. Incidentally, the list of artwork in the back is not in the same sequence of how the work is laid out in the book. Having gone to the Brooklyn Museum exhibit, I understand how a sense of scale is important when viewing Murakami's work.

I think the book as a whole captured the on-going metamorphosis Murakami and his artwork (especially Mr. DOB) is experiencing. I have been enjoying this book ever since I ordered it on Amazon.

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Takashi Murakami is one of contemporary art?s most innovative and important figures. Drawing from street culture, high art, and traditional Japanese painting, Murakami takes the contemporary art trend of mixing high and low to an unprecedented level (critics call him the new Warhol), producing original paintings and sculptures as well as mass-produced consumer objects such as toys, books, and most famously, a line of handbags for Louis Vuitton. A committed supporter and spokesperson for Japanese artists and a powerful commentator on postwar culture and society, Murakami has organized influential exhibitions of Japanese art as well as a biannual art fair in Tokyo. Murakami has positioned himself as a new type of artist for the twenty-first century: a hybrid of creator, entrepreneur, and cultural ambassador.In conjunction with the first major retrospective of his work, Murakami traces Murakami?s global impact socially, culturally, and art historically. Essays focus on Murakami?s early works, which were based on a social critique of Japan?s rampant consumerism; the development of his characters; his work with anime, fantasy; otaku culture; and his engagement with global pop culture. Representing output from original works of art to mass-produced multiples, the catalogue also considers the implications of Murakami?s working methods within the tradition of the Western avant-garde.

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