Takashi Murakami's Art Analysis

Takashi Murakami, born on February 1, 1962 is a well-known contemporary Japanese artist based in Tokyo. Murakami’s style of art is based on popular culture using a Nihonga-style of modern Japanese painting. He uses colorful graphics and manga style cartoon to show a darker subject material. He uses “hopelessness”, as his main subject with all of his art work. He shows this through the use of sculptures, paintings, drawings, and animations. The “Hustle ‘n’ Punch by Kaikai And Kiki”, was made in 2009. It is currently displayed at The Broad Museum, located on the third floor at the right side corner. It has a measurement of 118 1/8 x 239 3/8 x 2 inches, it is clearly larger than life size. The medium is acrylic and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on an aluminum frame. This piece has several different characters that has different facial expressions. It has a flower background with smiling faces on them. The use of …show more content…
An example of an art piece that uses gold leaf is the, “Adoration of the Magi” by Gentile Da Fabriano in Italy year 1423. It has gold leaf everywhere, from the halos, to the elaborate clothing of the Magi’s. Although Murakami did not use golf leaf, it still shows some similarity when it comes to its craftsmanship. Gold leaf was used in the Early Renaissance in Europe. Murakami’s, “Hustle ‘n’ Punch by Kaikai And Kiki”, also emphasizes flatness. This is a two dimensional abstract piece that is stylized using colorful paints. During the Byzantine era, art has a very flat with precise outlines, contours, and linear lines. Proportions are stylized and this has been influenced by the Greeks. The way Murakami, styled every character was carefully drawn in detailed. Although it shows a child-like art, its meaning is not child-like. Murakami tend to have a darker meaning on all of his paintings. His main subject is mostly about “hopelessness”, and how life is not how it seems to