Takashi Murakami is a Japanese artist considered by Time magazine to be the most influential representative of contemporary Japanese culture.
Passionate about the Anime and Manga world, through his works the artist tries to make us relive his passion. Thanks also to his iconic Superflat style, the lack of perspective depth in his works, Murakami manages to combine a sense of drama with an explosion of happiness charged by the use of bright colors.
These energetic elements can be found in the colorful series by Takashi Murakami Flower Ball, whose works are all characterized by small smiling flowers that have become his trademark. While thanks to his artwork inspired by the Time Bokan series, the artist manages to abstract and flatten a distressing subject to the point of making it look adorable, thus succeeding in taking us into his world of Anime and Manga.
Often compared to Andy Warhol and Pop Art, Takashi Murakami, artist inspired by mass culture, made his works in a Factory, the Kaikai Kiki, which is very reminiscent of the King of Pop Art.
His art is conceived in a completely computerized way: drawings and sketches made on a pocket notebook are then scanned, photoshopped, reworked on canvas and repainted with acrylic paint. This is a distinctive feature of Takashi Murakami’s work, artworks that combine traditional drawing with new digital tools.
Without denying his interest in Warhol’s work, the artist has claimed his cultural autonomy and declared that his aesthetic references are essentially linked to Japanese pop culture and the Otaku phenomenon.
