by Fabrik Gallery Location: Art One (M/F Convention Plaza 1 Harbour Road Wanchai, Hong Kong)
Date: 9 Nov - 4 Dec 2011
Fabrik Contemporary Art is pleased to announce a new exhibition launching their new space at Art One featuring new works by Takashi Murakami.
To help celebrate the event on November 9 and to reach out to Hong Kong's rising Social Media influencers, Fabrik teams up with theWanderlister+ Asia, Hong Kong's newest lifestyle blog focused on arts, design, and fashion in the region.
A Doctor in Nihonga painting from the University of Arts in Tokyo, Takashi Murakami developed a unique protean style of the most modern techniques associated with the precision and virtuosity of traditional Japanese art and that of the Ukiyo-e engraving (pictures of the floating world) in particular. Inspired by Manga and Kawai (cuteness) culture, his irresistible world is peopled by monstrous and charming characters, facetious descendents of past myths. His theory of the Superflat aesthetic, which he introduced in 2001, attempts to blur the frontiers between popular art and grand art. In this exhibition, Fabrik will present Murakami's series of Tondo (circular format) flower works.