until Saturday July 06 2013
Galerie Perrotin
T : +852 3758 2180
17/F, 50 Connaught Road Central, Central
Hong Kong
China
This exhibition is the 9th solo show by Takashi Murakami organized by Galerie Perrotin in 20 years of collaboration, that displays in particular a set of new paintings featuring his famous alter-ego Mr. Dob.
Inspired by Manga and Kawaii culture, Murakami's irresistible world is peopled by monstrous and charming characters, facetious descendants of past myths. His theory of the Superflat aesthetic, which he introduced in 2000, attempts to blur the frontiers between popular art and grand art. The absence of perspective, the two-dimensionality of ancient Japanese art, filters in to every medium – paintings, sculptures, prints/silk-screens, wallpaper, animated films and accessories.
