Takashi Murakami is considered one of the most exciting and provocative artists belonging to the Asian world. He is considered one of the most talented Japanese artists to have been able to combine with particular sensibility contemporary art and tradition of Japan. His work ranges from comic paintings to minimalist sculptures to giant inflatable until to objects for mass consumption like t-shirts and watches.
His colorful and fun works do not forget the serious side of things: Murakami entrusts, in fact, to his art a critical role in respect of contemporary society. After touring the most important cities in the world his works will be exhibited at Plateau Samsung Museum in Seoul until December 8th 2013 in a solo exhibition entitled "Takashi Superflat in Wonderland."
The title of the exhibition Korean with the adjective "Supeflat" (High stability) refers to the theory developed by the artist during the nineties that will become the leitmotif of his entire production. The Superflat consists in using the typical Japanese visual tradition that is influenced by the occidental Pop Art and the Japanese otaku subculture, from which come the manga and anime.
The flat and two-dimensional world of these works is not only the attempt to unite occidental and Asian cultures, but also a critique to the post-war Japanese society that following the suffered defeat does not more distinguish between reality and imagination and expresses a strongly negative judgment against the flattening occurred from the consumer market as result of globalization.
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