Galerie Perrotin proudly presents the 9th solo exhibition of Takashi Murakami in Hong Kong. Celebrating 20 years of collaboration, the exhibition will display a set of new paintings featuring his famous alter-ego Mr. Dob.

After earning his Doctorate in Nihonga painting from Tokyo University of the Arts, Takashi Murakami developed a unique protean style which associated the most modern of techniques with the precision and virtuosity of traditional Japanese art and that of Ukiyo-e engraving in particular. Inspired by Manga and Kawaii culture, his irresistible world is peopled by monstrous and charming characters, facetious descendants of historical myths. His theory of the Superflat aesthetic, which he introduced in 2000, attempts to blur the frontiers between popular art and fine art. The absence of perspective, the two-dimensionality of ancient Japanese art, filters into every medium – paintings, sculptures, prints, silk-screens, wallpaper, animated films and accessories.

Since his first monographic exhibition outside Japan in 1995 at Galerie Perrotin, Murakami has become recognized as one of the most prominent contemporary artists of his time, and his work has been featured in numerous solo exhibitions at museums and art institutions throughout the world. In 2010, France’s renowned Château de Versailles organized an important solo exhibition of his works on the palace grounds. In 2012, a retrospective entitled “Murakami-Ego” was organized by QMA at Al Riwaq Exhibition Hall, Doha, Qatar and included the 100m masterpiece painting “The 500 Arhats”. In 2013, the Leeum Samsung Museum of Art / Plateau, Seoul will organize an important solo show of the artist’s works, “Takashi in Superflat Wonderland”, from 4 July to 24 October 2013.

Image: © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy Galerie Perrotin Hong Kong & Paris