An exhibit of Takashi Murakami's work went on display today at Los Angeles's Museum of Contemporary Art, including his highly coveted (and incessantly duplicated) collaborations with Louis Vuitton.
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Limited-edition Neverfull bag: a Louis Vuitton and Takashi Murakami collaboration, price upon request, visit moca.org for more information
Photo courtesy of Takashi Murakami, Kiki Co., MoCA, and Louis Vuitton
Flower Matango (b), 2001-2006, oil paint, acrylic, fiberglass, and iron, private collection, courtesy of Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and Miami
Photo: ©2001-2006 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Installation view of Summon Monsters? Open the Door? Heal? Or Die?, Kaikai & Kiki, (2000), Time Bokan—pink, (2001), and Jellyfish Eyes (2001) at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, 2001
Photo: Norihiro Ueno, courtesy of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris and Miami, and Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, ©2001-2006 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Top: Cosmos, 1998, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, courtesy of Collection of the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Bottom: Tan Tan Bo, 2001, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Collection of John A. Smith and Victoria Huges, courtesy of Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
Photos: ©1998, 2001 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. You can help the Sichuan earthquake victims today byhere, the money goes into purchasing water purification tablets.
