painter of walls and canvases alike

The Art of Skateboarding

more industrial aesthetic

70 x 95 x 25 mm

offering a permanent record of the artwork as it appeared in the district

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Crashone painter of walls and canvasesThis definitive monograph traces Takashi Murakamis radical shift from traditional Nihonga painting to the globalized Superflat movement. The volume documents a career long obsession with Japans post war visual identity and the blurred lines between high art and commercial consumerism. It serves as an essential record of an artist who redefined the contemporary aesthetic landscape. Takashi Murakami The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg Hardcover 9. 5 x 12. 5