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Murakami Kaikai Kiki Flower Ball

Adam Bryce — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:48:08 +0000

An iconic motif from the outstanding artist Murakami, who was our latest artist to feature on the cover of our The New Order magazine, is most predominately his Kaikai Kiki Flowers seen in both his sculptures and his paintings. The latest release of his Kaikai Kiki Flower Plush Ball has now become available at colette. Brightly colored and softly harmless, the ball comes in three different sizes 25cm, 40cm and 60cm. This will most definitely sell out in record time. Be quick!

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Murakami’s KaiKai Kiki Goes to Hollywood

James Wong — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:22:00 +0000

Japanese pop art icon Takashi Murakami, recently announced plans to open a new animation studio in Hollywood by summer next year. 10 years after the opening of his Brooklyn studio “The Hiropon Factory” in 1998, he has decided that Hollywood is the place to expand his filmmaking capabilities. The new studio will operate under the umbrella of Kaikai Kiki, his production and artist-management company.

“Animation and film have always been among my greatest influences, ever since I first saw ‘Star Wars’ and Hayao Miyazaki’s films,” Murakami said in a statement. “This studio represents a great step in the evolution of Kaikai Kiki and gives me a closer proximity to the community of artists with whom I hope to collaborate as I continue my explorations of animated and live-action film.”

Read more on the story about his move to Hollywood at L.A. Times HERE.

Or checkout our coverage of his recent “Hi & Lo” exhibition here.

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Louis Vuitton Store NYC Gets the Takashi Murakami Treatment

James Wong — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 03:03:53 +0000

Louis Vuitton recently revealed plans to give the Louis Vuitton Store on Fifth Avenue NYC a complete exterior make-over, Murakami style. The French luxury leather goods company will be erecting the vinyl installation this weekend that will cover the entire store in Murakami’s iconic Monogram Multicolore print for the house. The installation will begin going up today and will be completed on Sunday. “The idea to wrap the Fifth Avenue maison in Monogram Multicolore came about earlier this year in an effort to do something truly unique for the holiday season,” said Daniel Lalonde, president and chief executive officer of Louis Vuitton North America.

“Just in September, Louis Vuitton opened the “Bag Bar” on the mezzanine level. With a concept design created by Peter Marino & Advanced Animations, furnishing features include bar stools along with a moving display of fixtures to highlight different handbag styles. Although the NYC flagship store is not the only LV location to have the Bag Bar installation, the 5th avenue location is the only location to have a “moving” installation. The new Bag Bar section of the 5th Ave flagship store also features Richard Prince Art and display panels created by artist Mary Kuzma along with Peter Marino.” – CtotheJL

Certainly interesting to see work from the creative industry exhibited on such a scale in a retail context.

Info: WWD , CtotheJL

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Takashi Murakami Exhibition in Hong Kong

James Wong — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:49:10 +0000

Scheduled to open on the 11th of September is Takashi Murakami’s first Hong Kong exhibition, held at the Fabrik Contemporary Arts Gallery. The exhibtion will showcase Murakami’s various prints and canvas works from 2001 right through to 2008 alongside work from fellow Kaikai Kiki artists Mr. and Chiho Aoshima. Murakami, hugely popular for his superflat painting style have over the years achieved phenomenal success, notably collaborating with Louis Vuitton on numerous projects as well as leading his own Kaikai kiki enterprise. The exhibition will run from September the 11th until the 30th, with such a great lineup of artists work on show, this is an exhibition you won’t want to miss, so check it out if you’re in the area.

Fabrik Contemporary Art
412, 4F Yip Fung Building
2-18 D’Aguilar Street
Central, Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2525 4911

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