Born in 1980, Lives and works in New York, USA

Takashi Murakami

“We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don't completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched by it. This is what we have come to call art.”

“The works I made at the start of my career rely on the themes of war, atomic power, and outer space. ”

“If I have a certain opinion, I try to incorporate that into my work.”

“I tried to teach myself to draw anime, but I was so bad. ”

Superflat art

“Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.”

Takashi Murakami

“My aesthetic sense was formed at a young age by what surrounded me: the narrow residential spaces of Japan and the mental escapes from those spaces that took the forms of manga and anime.”

“I show my work in many different places in the world so it means something different to everyone depending on where they live and their culture, as well as their age group.”

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A person stands in front of artist Takashi Murakamis NFT project called Murakami Flowers during a press preview May 11, 2022 for An Arrow through History at Gagosians New York galleries. - This will be Murakami's first exhibition at Gagosian in New York since 2014 and represents his return to 980 Madison Avenue, where he had his inaugural exhibition with the gallery in 2007. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION - TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION

Takashi Murakami

An Arrow through History

Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition of never-before-seen works by Takashi Murakami, opening on May 11, 2022. With three simultaneous presentations spanning two of Gagosian’s New York galleries, at 976 and 980 Madison Avenue, An Arrow through History bridges his art in digital and physical realms and will be augmented by experiential virtual components. This will be Murakami’s first exhibition at Gagosian in New York since 2014 and represents a return for the artist to 980 Madison Avenue, where he had his inaugural exhibition with the gallery in 2007.