The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA features more than 90 works by Takashi Murakami in various media spanning the early 1990's to the present. Thank goodness that I'm a member of MOCA or I would have been standing in line for an hour to get in, instead of getting a small silver sticker and motioned to the front door. Murakami definitely challenges the Western idea that fashion and fine art exist on different levels. While walking through the show, I was surprised by a freestanding Louis Vuitton boutique within the exhibition space. The mixing of art and commerce (salespeople selling LV-logo handbags created by Murakami for the show) left me feeling he was Japan's answer to Andy Warhol. On the other had he's made himself accessible to all while incorporating contemporary Japanese popular culture in the forms of animation and comic books into his works along with sources from Buddhist imagery. Highly recommended. Through February 11, 2008. http://www.takashimurakami.com/Monday, November 12, 2007
Murakami Exhibit
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA features more than 90 works by Takashi Murakami in various media spanning the early 1990's to the present. Thank goodness that I'm a member of MOCA or I would have been standing in line for an hour to get in, instead of getting a small silver sticker and motioned to the front door. Murakami definitely challenges the Western idea that fashion and fine art exist on different levels. While walking through the show, I was surprised by a freestanding Louis Vuitton boutique within the exhibition space. The mixing of art and commerce (salespeople selling LV-logo handbags created by Murakami for the show) left me feeling he was Japan's answer to Andy Warhol. On the other had he's made himself accessible to all while incorporating contemporary Japanese popular culture in the forms of animation and comic books into his works along with sources from Buddhist imagery. Highly recommended. Through February 11, 2008. http://www.takashimurakami.com/
