Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami's meteoric rise to fame in the contemporary art world was received with equal enthusiasm and criticism.
Murakami combines references from popular Japanese culture with the country's extensive artistic heritage. With his work he destroys any distinction between mass-produced goods and "high art".
He is compared to Andy Warhol both for his approach to art as a business and for the two large factories that produce, market and sell his art.