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Takashi Murakami

Kaikai Kiki

  • Exhibition, Paris
  • Thu 27 Jun → Sun 27 Oct 2002
Takashi Murakami Serpentine Gallery 2002
Takashi Murakami, Kaikai Kiki © Takashi Murakami. All Rights Reserved Photo © Koichiro Matsui

Location

Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain

261 boulevard Raspail

75014 Paris

With Takashi Murakami Kaikai Kiki, the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain presents an artist and creator of manifesto-exhibitions: Takashi Murakami.

Even if his work refers to the traditional Edo era, Murakami is a key representative of Japanese culture today and of a generation whose imaginary world is steeped in manga culture. Held to be one of the leading figurers of Japanese Neopop, he fully espouses the heritage of Warhol and American Pop Art while at the same time working to find ways for Japanese art to assert autonomy in regards to Western models. 

For his first solo show in a European institution, he presents a selection of works, most of which have been made specifically for the show. Monumental sculptures, paintings and wallpapers, as well as a balloon, give visitors a broad introduction to his imaginary world. 

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