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Shōtoku Taishi at Sixteen
2025 · acrylic on canvas mounted on aluminum frame
121.8 x 57.5 cm (47 15/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
Cleveland Museum of Art
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Takashi Murakami
1962
SculpturePost-ImpressionismSuperflat
Representation
None documented
1
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15
Works in Collection
151
Assets Indexed
14
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0
Publications Referenced
100%
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- • Post-Impressionism
- • Superflat
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Why this artist matters now
Takashi Murakami works across sculpture, painting, and commercial media, fusing the flat graphic aesthetics of anime and manga with the formal vocabulary of Japanese fine art tradition. His practice is shaped by postwar Japanese consumer culture and the superflat movement, a critical framework he developed to address the collapse of hierarchies between high art and popular imagery. His collaborative reach extends to music, including album artwork for Kanye West, Future, and Kid Cudi. Murakami operates through his Kaikai Kiki studio in Tokyo, functioning simultaneously as artist, producer, and cultural intermediary.
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Tokyo University of the Arts
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Hongō Junior and Senior High School
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