
A comprehensive volume--overseen by the artist himself--on one of the most renowned living artists today Takashi Murakami Takashi Murakami is celebrated the world over for his deft blurring of high & low art In this volume accompanying a major exhibition of his work & the first in the Middle East readers are immersed in the unique way Murakami channels the ecstasy & anxiety of contemporary culture Conceived by the artist as a self-portrait in the guise of a cartoon Murakami
- Ego illuminates the role of the artist as a cipher & critic of pop phenomena as well as a mirror of global networks of consumerism interpretation & exchange The book features some of the artist&s most celebrated series including Kaikai Kiki Lots of Faces & Pom & Me Murakami has conceived of the exhibition itself as a work of art creating new modes of display that include sculptural pedestals with digital animation a circus tent that doubles as an indoor cinema & an impressive 300-foot-long painting all of which are featured in the book In addition to an interview by curator Massimiliano Gioni Murakami will contribute writings on various works