'Arhat' by Takashi Murakami @ Blum & Poe (April 13 - May 25)
Shown above is "Fate, 2013" - measuring 51 7/8 x 32 3/4 x 33 inches, and made of platinum leaf on carbon fiber. In an Edition of 3, this is from Takashi Murakami, and currently on show at "Blum & Poe" for his solo show "Arhat". Launched April 13th and exhibiting thru May 25th, 2013, this exhibition showcases new paintings and sculptures by Takashi Murakami. Courtesy of SWEET STREETS's Caro, we have some snaps of the show, and it looks amazing already!
PRESS: "This occasion will mark the artist’s sixth solo exhibition with the gallery and his first major presentation in the United States since the 2007-2009 traveling survey titled © Murakami. Coinciding with this momentous exhibition will be the world premiere of Murakami’s first live-action feature film, Jellyfish Eyes, presented with Film Independent at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Bing Theater on April 8, 2013. The film has been ten years in the making and utilizes both live-action and computer generated imagery (CGI) in a coming-of-age tale about a boy in contemporary Japan confronting its past and future, post-Fukushima." (Read more here)
