Well, I stumbled upon an interesting artist. His name is Takashi Murakami(ζδΈι). Murakami’s style is called Superflat, and is characterized by flat planes of color and graphic images involving a character style derived from anime and manga. Like Andy Warhol, Takashi Murakami takes low culture and repackages it, and sells it to the highest bidder in the “high-art” market. Unlike Warhol, Murakami also makes his repacked low culture available to all other markets in the form of paintings, sculptures, videos, T-shirts, key chains, mouse pads, plush dolls, cell phone caddies, and $5,000 limited-edition Louis Vuitton handbags. I find his work naive but very appealing. Enjoy.
Also, if you are interested in what an exhibition of Murakami's looks like, check out my friend Appolo's blog from over at the Exclusives.
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