super-fun japan time! featured artist: takashi murakami presenting: superflat pop art
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Super-Fun Japan Time! Featured Artist: Takashi Murakami Presenting: Superflat Pop Art. By Patrick Michaelis. Behind the Art: Childhood Story. Takashi Murakami was born in Tokyo, Japan on February 1 st , 1963. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Super-Fun Japan Time!Featured Artist:
Takashi MurakamiPresenting: Superflat Pop Art
By Patrick Michaelis
Behind the Art: Childhood Story
Takashi Murakami was born in Tokyo, Japan on February 1st, 1963.
That’s Here!
He attended the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music, where he pursued a degree in Nihonga, a style of art combining Western and Eastern culture.
That’s Also Here!
However, he did not find this to his liking and instead took up otaku, a style used primarily in manga, anime, and video games.
Takashi Murakami Himself!
Behind the Art: Influences
Murakami was influenced by classic Japanese art, such as Nihonga, combined with modern Japanese art, such as otaku, and adding in pop art. The result: Poku.- (POp art) + (otaKU.)
Some of Murakami’s other influences include Warhol, Oldenberg, and Lichtenstein.
Nihonga
OtakuWarhol
Oldenberg
Lichtenstein
Some of his work!