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About Takashi Murakamicurated by: ADRIAN RUBIN

Superflat

✤ published super flat theory in 2000

✤ part of curated show at MOCA

✤ proposes idea of a legacy of 2-D imagery found in Japanese art history

✤ superflat focuses on surface and flat planes of color

✤ claims post-war class differentiation flattened high/low culture

Hiropon Factory

✤ launched Hiropon Factory production worshop in 1996

✤ uses atelier system

✤ 2001 -> Kaikai Kiki Co. , Ltd.

Collaborations

✤ Issey Miyaki

✤ Marc Jacobs/Louis Vuitton

✤ Kanye West: ‘Graduation’ cover and video for ‘Good Morning’

✤ Pharrell Williams

✤ Vice/Intel Creators Project

Today

✤ 1st traveling retrospective 2007-2009

✤ Chaos Lounge

✤ 2010, work at Versaille

✤ organizes GEISAI

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