April 21, 2003

  • TAKASHI MURAKAMI

    Superflat Monogram
    Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
    Apr 11 - May 10, 2003
    Tuesday - Saturday, 10am - 6pm

    http://www.jca-online.com/murakami.html

    PANDA PANDA PANDA!

    *went and enjoyed the exhibit. best part was the short animation about the little girl who gets her cellphone swallowed by the louis vuitton panda, which basically sums up the whole vision (gotta love computer processing power, but even that little bit was done by a whole team..).

    also saw a slew of 4/5 assistants painting a large version of this one.. (like 8'x10')  they were painting the lv logo, letter /flower /diamond thing individually by hand!!!
    so super neatly too, i thought it would be stenciled for ease, but no, all done by hand.. :o

    talk about killing two birds with one stone. with the anime approach and lv brand (both regulary acquired by millions of trendy consumers). no wonder the murakami print lv bags are selling out like crazy. anyway fun stuff to look at. tho the commercial design aspect of it, the logomania is a bit weird to digest at first. but maybe it's the attachment we have for those things. whether you're with that whole status symbol material goods thing or you completely don't understand it. but it's good, fun seeing anime/manga art becoming the legitimate what's hot now type of thing. the superflat movement.. mm hmm.. yea..

    .. i have to add, there's a scene where the panda ^ pops open a louis vuitton trunk and bamboo trees spring out.. hee hee.. and then he ate some.. of course..

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