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©Murakami @ the Brooklyn Museum

by DYS — Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 at 8:32 am

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As most of you have already heard, Brooklyn museum is currently exhibiting Takashi Murakami‘s works between 1991 and 2000, when the artist began exploring “his own reality through an investigation of branding and identity”. The exhibition opened about two weeks ago in Brooklyn New York, after completing its previous showcase in Los Angeles. Popularly known as the Japanese Warhol, Murakami has earned an international reputation for merging fine art with popular Japanese anime films and manga cartoons. The show, entitled “©Murakami”, includes a fully operational Louis Vuitton store selling some of his monogram multicolor designs for the luxury fashion brand. “Monogramouflage“, a new pattern created by Murakami for Vuitton (hit stores in June), is currently available only at the Brooklyn Museum. Trying to bring awareness about the counterfeit giant ring, LV set up ten Canal Street* style vendors outside the museum on its first opening night, not to sell fakes but authentic Louis Vuitton products including the Monogramouflage line. *Canal Street is New York’s famous Chinatown where fake designer products are usually sold, semacam Mangga Dua-nya NY.

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Marc Jacobs and model Eva Herzigova in front of LV street-style store, courtesy of nytimes.com. Click here to view more pictures of its opening night.

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I’m not a big fan of LV Murakami, especially after seeing Jessica Simpson toting one around, but I do admire his works (especially his anime/manga characters!). I saw his last exhibition in New York at the Rockefeller center a couple of years ago and was totally impressed by his arts, so definitely I wouldn’t miss the one in Brooklyn. I tried to avoid the first opening week since it would be overcrowded, and chose to go there last Sunday after a quick brunch. Although we weren’t allowed to take any pictures, demi FD tersayang, I kept on pushing my hubby to take the risk and he managed to get some for us hehe.. ;D

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Louis Vuitton store inside the Murakami exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum

The exhibition is mostly showing Murakami’s contemporary works using Superflat method, a term that Murakami created as his own manifesto on the way various forms of graphic design, pop culture, and fine arts are compressed or flattened. He first used it to name an exhibition which he organized in Tokyo and Nagoya (artnet.com). Most of his paintings are two-dimensional without any shades and shadows, clearly emphasizing his Superflat genre. A hint of Andy Warhol‘s pop art influence was also seen on his paintings. Some of his characters, portrayed into sculpture figurines, seem to be coming out of another world, while some others simply reminded me of Hentai ;D My favorite is Inochi, Murakami’s innovative creature, an alien boy sculpture that stands about 5 feet, and his short videos showing Inochi in various scenes in a Japanese classroom. Watch the video here.

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Inochi, my favorite of all Murakami’s characters

Since the LV Murakami collection is way out of my budget, my visit wouldn’t be complete without visiting the museum gift store. Some of his artwork paintings in the gift store were all sold out. People seem to be eyeing for his stuffed animals/characters, pins, t-shirts, eco bag and books. As for myself, I got a cute Murakami printed scarf and a couple of badge pins =)

Below are some pictures from the exhibition, please click on THUMBNAILS ! *Maaf ya kalo rada miring-miring fotonya, karena motretnya aja ngumpet-ngumpet dan satpam nya mayan galak ;D

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Last pic, Murakami’s shopping bag next to the Egyptian monk was not inside the Murakami’s exhibition, but around the Egyptian exhibition in the same museum.

Sources : gothamist.com, artnet.com, brooklynmuseum.org, nitrolicious.com, highsnobiety.com, nytimes.com, shift.jp.org, youtube.com, Photos courtesy of nytimes.com and ZA.

©Murakami at the Brooklyn museum, April 5th – July 13th 2008, for more info click here. For more pictures, click here.

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25 Comments to “©Murakami @ the Brooklyn Museum”

  1. djoelia says:
    April 22, 2008 at 10:12 am

    thanks banget for sharing…
    btw, good job on taking those photos!!
    still look good even it was candid. :D

    Reply
  2. Lindy wirasati says:
    April 22, 2008 at 10:15 am

    Thanks DYS for wonderfull candid pics…

    Marc jacobs sama Mbak Eva Herzigova sekali-kali boleh juga mampir ke canal street blok M….Lebih rame koq :P

    Reply
  3. rere says:
    April 22, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Selama ini gue taunya Murakami yang di LV aja, tau2nya karya lainnya juga menarik ya. Demen banget tuh liat si dinosaurus ijo di foto paling bawah. Thanks for the pictures ya… suami lo hebat juga motret ngumpet2 tapi tetep bagus. Lain kali ke Nuyok kita maen2 ke museum juga yuk, biar gue melek seni sedikit :D

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  4. tje2p says:
    April 22, 2008 at 11:24 am

    muah muah… DYS, tengkiuuu… for taking risk & share it with us… gw suka bola-bola kembangnya… *kok jadi inget kembang gula?!?*

    Reply
  5. mir@cle says:
    April 22, 2008 at 11:33 am

    DYS…many thanks to you and your husband.. untung ga sampe dimarahin satpam kan? ;) jadi kita bisa liat deh Murakami’s wonderful artworks :D

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  6. Lena says:
    April 22, 2008 at 11:57 am

    Wohoo, apa sih nggak dilakuin u/ FD ya:D Untung nggak ada foto kalian lagi di meseum jail haha.
    Not really a fan of pop art though, and Murakami’s seem too commercial somehow…

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  7. silperlintje says:
    April 22, 2008 at 12:30 pm

    wow!!! Hebat kamu, DYS. Makasih udah bagi2 info, dan tentunya buat usaha kamu & hubby. Love you :)

    Reply
  8. sisil says:
    April 22, 2008 at 1:47 pm

    Mba DYS, thank you for sharing! Maaci juga foto2nya! :-)

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  9. h_nana says:
    April 22, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    keren2…
    DYS jarang posting tp skalinya posting kerennn hehe

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  10. vitsky says:
    April 22, 2008 at 4:01 pm

    OMG DYS! Hebaattt..bisa colongan foto tp hasilnya tetep keliatan pro gitu! Gue juga kesana wkt exhibition yg di MOCA LA, dan udah gemeeesss banget pgn foto2… tp tak berhasil! Untung ada elo.. thanks ya DYS! ;-)

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  11. vitsky says:
    April 22, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    Oiya, ngomong2 Hentai, sculptures yg “mewakilkan” Hentai nya ga mungkin dipost disini ya? Hahaha.. gue sampe yg bengong2 gitu ngeliatnya! Hihihi..

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  12. Koukla says:
    April 22, 2008 at 4:22 pm

    This is cool! Terus terang gue belum pernah denger tuh Murakami sebelumnya, kalo diliat dari foto2nya sih kayaknya gue udah familiar sama karyanya tp gak tau nama artistnya :D

    Btw itu lucu bgt yah ide jualan tas LV ala Canal Street itu…Mungkin nanti2 ada pameran Bobbi Brown ala lapak2 kosmetik di ITC Kuningan, hihihi

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  13. loucee says:
    April 22, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    aduh dysss… KEREN banget exhibitionnya!
    last year, murakami juga bikin exhibition here in Newcastle. but it was a small one.. a collaboration with other japanese artists. itupun gue udah excited abiiss that i had to go back to the museum for like 3 times in a week!
    but anyway, thanks for sharing this with us.
    ingin sekali ke NY dan melihat langsung exhibitionnya… huhuhu…:(

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  14. Lorelai says:
    April 22, 2008 at 6:24 pm

    Love Murakami’s work!

    Btw…
    “I’m not a big fan of LV Murakami, especially after seeing Jessica Simpson toting one around”

    LOL DYS!!! Seriously.. :lol:

    Reply
  15. chelinx says:
    April 22, 2008 at 8:31 pm

    mata gue yg mulai meredup jadi melek lagi ngeliat photo-photo exhibitionnya.

    duh itu deretan tas LV sama boneka berkuping dua menggoda banget utk di adopsi yaks

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  16. DYS says:
    April 22, 2008 at 8:45 pm

    heuhe teman2 makasi yahh komen2x nya.. suami gw seneng tuh dipuji poto2xnya :P ..itu smua uda dipilihin dr bbg poto yg byk BLUR.. hehe :D kerjasama kita berdua, gw nutupin dia, sambil liat kiri kanan ama satpam2 nya.. ada yg sambil duduk pura2 merhatiin lukisan pdhal lg moto :D seru juga.. ntar ada lagi pameran superhero di museum sini jg.. tak usahain di post utk FD =)

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  17. DYS says:
    April 22, 2008 at 8:49 pm

    vitsky: heuhe yg HENTAI di sensor siy.. gw jg terbengong2 liatnya.. kan byk yg bawa anak kecil tuh, ortunya sampe bingung jelasin ke anaknya.. ada yg sampe tutup mata haha :D

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  18. Iswi says:
    April 23, 2008 at 6:27 am

    Dyyysss… mau kesana juga untung masih ada waktu sampe July 13th , thx infonya Disty

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  19. tinkerbell says:
    April 23, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    wah hebat lo DYS bisa moto2 di dalem exhibition! tnyata pake usaha keras yah, hihihi.. keren2 fotonya, i love murakami, especially his cherry blossom line, that one is my fave.

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  20. uber says:
    April 24, 2008 at 1:48 am

    DYS, seneng baca artikel nya sama cerita soal ambil poto2 colongan hihihihihih

    Lucu2 bangettt karya2nya yaaaaa

    Reply
  21. nycbelle says:
    April 25, 2008 at 11:10 am

    Dys, mau kesana lagi ga yuuuk kesana yuk hehehe.. cuma deket dr rumahku ilive di prak slope;)). weekend ini aku ke sana.

    Reply
  22. Iswi says:
    April 25, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    nycbelle… kita tele2 yaqh nanti sebelum berangkat biar bisa bareng kesana …

    Reply
  23. DYS says:
    April 25, 2008 at 10:53 pm

    nycbelle & Iswi : wah bole juga tuh kesana lagi bareng.. tp gw br kesana minggu lalu.. ntar bareng aja skalian pas meet up lagi ama cewe2 FD pas summer.. exhibition nya sampe juli kan..

    Reply
  24. Happineesh says:
    April 28, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    astagaaa….mau banget liat pamerannyaaa…keren2 banget artworknyaaa huhuh thanks for sharing dys!

    Reply
  25. twinkle says:
    May 5, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    aduhh bagusnaaaa, lucu itu bonekanya

    thanks for sharing DYS

    foto2na bagus2 kayak pro *thumbs up*

    Reply

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