Murakami exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami currently has a wallpaper exhibit in the MCA Café at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
So what’s significant about Murakami? He is one of the most significant artists of the under-40 age group to emerge from Japan, with art choices heavily influenced by pop culture and traditional Japanese art forms ““ a blending of east and west.
His style is called “Superflat,” and is a post-modern style with flat plains of color and graphic images. His art evokes comments on consumerism, sexual fetishism, and pop culture, and is frequently referred to as a current day Andy Warhol.
Unlike Warhol, however, who took low culture and turned it into high art, Murakami takes low culture, repackages it, and then makes it available to everyone, high and low, in a wide variety of forms. His artwork has been packaged from everything from t-shirt and key chains, to paintings, to high fashion.
Fashionistas take note: Murakami is the mastermind behind LV’s Monogram Multicolore canvas handbags and accessories, moving the brand beyond the standard gold monogram on a brown bag, to multicolored monograms on white and black bags. He also inspired the 2005 Cherry Blossom logo, with smiling faces in pink and yellow flowers. I was not familiar with Murakami’s art, but I was with his LV affiliation.
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is located at 220 East Chicago Avenue, in the heart of the Magnificent Mile. It is open Tuesday, 10 am-8 pm, Wednesday through Sunday. 10 am-5 pm, and is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Suggested General Admission is $10 for adults, $6 for students and seniors, and free for children 12 and under and members of the military. Admission is FREE all day on Tuesday, compliments of Target. Discounted parking is available (validation required) in the parking garage adjacent to the museum.
Via The Lobby
Photo credit: flickr
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