Takashi Murakami Knihy

Keba Keba is the story of the true joy one receives from giving generously and selflessly of ones' gifts.

Takashi Murakami is one of contemporary art’s most innovative and important figures. Drawing from street culture, high art, and traditional Japanese painting, Murakami takes the contemporary art trend of mixing high and low to an unprecedented level (critics call him the new Warhol), producing original paintings and sculptures as well as mass-produced consumer objects such as toys, books, and most famously, a line of handbags for Louis Vuitton. A committed supporter and spokesperson for Japanese artists and a powerful commentator on postwar culture and society, Murakami has organized influential exhibitions of Japanese art as well as a biannual art fair in Tokyo. Murakami has positioned himself as a new type of artist for the twenty-first century: a hybrid of creator, entrepreneur, and cultural ambassador.In conjunction with the first major retrospective of his work, Murakami traces Murakami’s global impact socially, culturally, and art historically. Essays focus on Murakami’s early works, which were based on a social critique of Japan’s rampant consumerism; the development of his characters; his work with anime, fantasy; otaku culture; and his engagement with global pop culture. Representing output from original works of art to mass-produced multiples, the catalogue also considers the implications of Murakami’s working methods within the tradition of the Western avant-garde.

Oto-san is down and out. Life has conspired against him and nothing is coming together the way he wished - so he sets out with his car to get away from it all. All the people around Oto-san have abandoned him in indifference but as readers discover along with him, the one he can count on utterly and completely is his adopted dog. His dog follows him blindly and faithfully to the end - lightening up his new adventure into the unknown.

The first major U.S. monograph in ten years on Murakami is the definitive survey of the paintings of one of today's most influential artists. Takashi Murakami (born 1962), one of contemporary art's most widely recognized exponents, receives a long-awaited critical consideration in this important volume. Accompanying the first retrospective exhibition devoted solely to Murakami's paintings, this book traces Murakami's career from his earliest training to his current studio practice. Where other books address the commercial aspects of Murakami's work, this is the first serious survey of his work as a painter. Through essays and illustrations many previously unpublished it explores the artist's relationship to the tradition of Japanese painting and his facility in straddling high and low, ancient and modern, Eastern and Western, commercial and high art. New texts address Murakami's output in the context of postwar Japan, situating the artist in relation to folklore, traditional Japanese painting, the Tokyo art scene in the 1980s and 1990s, and the threat of nuclear annihilation. This richly illustrated volume also includes a detailed biography and exhibition history

From the first page to the last, from Thomas Kinkaid (really!) to Matthew Barney, this book serves as a launching pad. Conclusions are perpetually delayed. Resolutions are continually postponed. The text is written for takeoff, not arrival. It is a first step for readers' explorations of current modes of art making and for their own future artistic achievements. The much-anticipated follow-up to Art on the Edge... and Over , Linda Weintraub's highly accessible introduction to contemporary art since the 1970s, In the Creative Options for Contemporary Art explores essential but sometimes elusive facets of art making today. In her trademark writing style--straightforward and jargon-free--Weintraub sets out to itemize the conceptual and practical concerns that go into making contemporary art in all its endless permutations. In six clearly defined thematic sections--”Scoping an Audience,” “Sourcing Inspiration,” “Crafting an Artistic 'Self',” “Expressing an Artistic Attitude,” “Choosing a Mission,” and “Measuring Success”--Weintraub moves artist by artist, in 40 individual chapters, using each to explain a different aspect of art making. Isaac Julien makes work for a highly specific audience; Michal Rovner communicates through metaphor and symbol; Charles Ray disrupts the viewer's assumptions; Pipilotti Rist is inspired by female emotions; William Kentridge is moved by apartheid and redemption; Vanessa Beecroft epitomizes the biography of a smart, attractive, Caucasian woman; and Matthew Barney achieves success through resistance. Through a compelling combination of renowned and up-and-coming artists, Weintraub creates a complex understanding of how to make and look at contemporary art--but in a simple, easily digestible format and language.In addition to being a fine read for anyone who simply wants to understand how to look at contemporary art, In the Making is also an exceptional pedagogical tool, one that addresses what is fast becoming a huge gap in art education. Teaching artistic techniques no longer provides young artists with a sufficient education--a full range of conceptual issues needs to be considered in any well-rounded studio practice. Yet these very same conceptual issues are often those that are dealt with textually in art history and criticism classes. Weintraub persuasively offers a series of texts that fit squarely into this gap, addressing issues that concern anyone who is learning how to make art or how to understand it.In addition, In the Making includes a series of interviews in which many of the artists discuss the practical issues of their life's work. Conducted by Weintraub's students at Oberlin College, the interviews pose questions about the artists' schooling, their studio space, and how they support themselves if their main income doesn't come from their art--the kind of questions every art student has always wanted to ask the artists whose work they see on gallery walls.

ハッピーは白くてちいさな子犬。小学生のみくちゃんに拾われて、エサをくれるお母さん、ぶっきらぼうだけどいつも散歩に連れて行ってくれるお父さんと、幸せな日々を過ごしていた。しかしハッピーの成長とともに時は経ち、家族は少しずつ変わっていく。お父さんが体調を崩し仕事を失ったことをきっかけに、家族はバラバラ、自宅も処分することに。お父さんは、愛犬ハッピーとふたり、生きるために、故郷を目指しボロ車で旅に出る。少し不器用で強がりなだけで、ごくありふれた普通の父親でありながら、どうしようもない立場に追いやられてしまった「お父さん」。そんな「お父さん」をひたむきに愛し、ついていくハッピー。ときに可笑しく、ときに切ない、限りある生を謳歌するような短くて永い旅がはじまった──。

Hau, poznajmy się! Mam na imię Kota i mieszkam ze swoją kochaną rodzinką. Wesoło nam się żyje. Wszyscy są dla mnie bardzo mili i troskliwie się mną zajmują. Nie lubię tylko, kiedy trzeba iść do pana doktora, bo on mi robi niemiłe rzeczy. Tatko mówi, że to dla mojego dobra, no ale co poradzę, że nie przepadam za tym, gdy ktoś wkłada mi się rurkę w… Uch, nieważne. W każdym razie najprzyjemniejsze są chwile, kiedy wychodzimy na spacerek. Świat jest pełen zapachów, a ja uwielbiam wąchać. Tak, wąchanie to moje hobby. I spanie. Szczególnie lubię złapać drzemkę przed telewizorem. Mój braciszek chyba też, bo często próbuje zepchnąć mnie z fotela. Uwielbiam też pomagać, zwłaszcza siostrzyczce, kiedy odprawia ten swój dziwny rytuał, który nazywa „gimnastyką”. A ciasta mamci są najlepsze na świecie. Nie mogę się doczekać swojej porcji, więc zdarza się, że „pożyczam” ją z talerza braciszka lub siostrzyczki. Albo wszystkich naraz. Wszyscy mnie potem ganiają i wymachują rękami. Mówię Wam, w mojej rodzince jest super!