Takashi Murakami is well known
Japanese contemporary artist. He
is most known for his integration of art, commercialism, Japanese aesthetics,
and cultural criticism into his work. His works consist of painting and
sculptor, and he is known to make Japanese anime style creatures. One character in particular that he
created, and is well known for is the character Mr. DOB. Mr. DOB is a blue mouse like character
that has garnered popularity in Japan, and because of that Murakami changed his
artworks into merchandise.
Murakami began to make art that would sell, making him a commercial
artist. Mr. DOB became an icon in
Japan, and has become his own signature character. I have been a fan of anime art since I can remember, and
most of my inspirations comes from anime art especially from Murakami’s
work.
One thing that many people do not about Murakami is
that he was actually responsible for the artwork behind Kanye West’s Graduation
album. If you look at the album
cover artwork, you can see that the anime style quickly resembles to Murakami’s
style. The creature on the bottom
right hand corner has been used before in his earlier works. It would make sense for Murakami being
a commercial artist to agree on being part of the project. I also believe that Murakami played a
huge role on making this album a huge success through his art. He is practically responsible for the
creation of the Dropout Bear character, which Kanye has since been using as his
signature character
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