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Is Artist Takashi Murakami Exalting or Critiquing Consumerism?

The playful iconoclast is a deft social analyst of popular culture.

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Takashi Murakami

Among the mushroom clouds.

The work of Takashi Murakami might be jovial and sweet at first glance, but it carries with it a dark and ominous undertone. Whether the famous Japanese artist outwardly agrees with that or not is another story.

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“Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg”

Resource and repetition.

Vancouver is home to the Japanese artist’s first-ever major retrospective in Canada.