Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami 村上 隆 Murakami Takashi born February 1 1962 is a Japanese contemporary artist He works in fine arts media such as painting and sculpture as well as commercials such as fashion merchandise and animation and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts He coined the term superflat which describes both the as well as coaesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of postwar Japanese culture and society and is also used for Murakamis artistic style and other Japanese artists he has influenced Murakami is the founder and President of Kaikai Kiki Co Ltd through which he manages several younger artists He was the founder and organizer of the biannual art fair Geisai