Sorry for the slow blog posting, we’re in Switzerland for a special moment. Today at the opening of the fair in Basel, Pharrell was on hand to show his collaboration piece with Takashi Murakami named “The Simple Things”. The piece sold in less than a half hour!
Emmanuel Perrotin, Pharrell Williams and staff blessing the piece before the fair opened:
Takashi MURAKAMI / Pharrell WILLIAMS
“The Simple Things” 2008-2009
Glass fiber, steel, acrylic, wood, LED and 7 objects made of gold (white, yellow and pink) set with rubies, sapphires, emeralds and diamonds.
74 x 43.3 x 39.7 inches
Unique piece
©2008-2009 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami / Paris
Placement of the objects made by Jacob & Co in the mouth of Mr Dob high on mushrooms:
Mr Dob about to eat “The Simple Thing”:
Guard on duty had Ben under major pressure!
More pictures & info coming soon.
46 Responses to ART BASEL
TM June 9, 2009
I like his hat;
tapenerd June 9, 2009
That is majorly cool.
TM June 9, 2009
And all the pieces were really cool.
aymen June 9, 2009
now THAT is something I’d like in my living room! TOO SICK! Love it.
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Artst-A1 June 9, 2009
Sick!
thaflyest June 9, 2009
wow that’s hot
crazy
is that a diamond magnum condom? lmao holy crap
and is that a diamond bottle lotion? ..what’s he tryna say?
are ya’ll gonna tell us officially what the diamond items are(of course not the ultra obvious ones) like the the burgundy jar of something, the cupcake lookin thing, and the magnum wrapper(i’m guessing) lol
and yo is that icecream shoe lifesize??
Flow June 9, 2009
yeah i need more info on this…
is it just random stuff which made it to art?
nathanielt148 June 9, 2009
The Simple things..that’s what life is all about..that’s what bliss is
P x Jacob x Takashi = splitting atoms!
scubasteve33 June 9, 2009
Ver Nice!!
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pharrellsRobot June 9, 2009
Man. that piece is dope. I had a dream about something that looked similar…weird
*sits Indian style*
I wonder If I’m a mutant…hmmm
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Kerry. June 9, 2009
Amazing colours, concept, design.
purplerainqueen June 9, 2009
An Humble Man Prays! Pharrell you still look great. These are some beautiful pictures. I love the shoes on display because they have my favorite color purple, favorite chip doritos and favorite drink pepsi with a bling.
tish June 9, 2009
Great job!!!
crazyfeel June 9, 2009
DAAAAMN wowwwww
so sick.. diamond decked dollar boutiques, doritos, pepsi, and what’s that baby oil?
this is crazy.. how much did it sell for?
Teflon June 9, 2009
Simply awesome. Is it on display until the end of the show? I’m going to Art Basel on the weekend.
SkateBoard.M. June 9, 2009
I Love iT… Amazing that’s aLL I can Say.
JAHJAH June 9, 2009
Loves It Dope Very Creative N Unique !!!!!
Urban Cutie June 9, 2009
WOW!!! JUST AMAZING PIC’S!!! I LOOOVE THIS ART, I’M IN LOVE WITH ALL THIS SPARKLING STUFF!!!
I LIKE THE “BLESSING”
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Urban Cutie June 9, 2009
I WANNA HAVE THE SHINING ICE CREAM SNEAKER SOOO BAD!!!!
Urban Cutie June 9, 2009
Lucca June 9, 2009
Sick.
Loved the chair…
Can’t wait to see more art.
YellaNerd June 9, 2009
that’s insane
xianvuitton June 9, 2009
Whoa! I want to see this in person.
rasberrygypsy June 9, 2009
This is SSOOO amazing is it for sell?…I guess not it has its on guard
Billionaire Boys Club/Life Is What U Make It June 9, 2009
thats dope.. im really feelin that!
nellycakes June 9, 2009
Unbelievable!! This piece is amazing!
jamie Valdez June 9, 2009
that’s awesome and more!
crisbeatz June 9, 2009
how sick is thissssssss !!!!!!
just awesome – i’m just asking myself of what material this is made of.
somehow it reminds me of salvador dahli concerning the different objects, which have a well-thought-out relationship to each other.
AGENT3PIC June 9, 2009
Haha called it. Jacob and Co and Takashi.
Looks awesome, I was just at Jacob and they were telling me how you guys were working on a major colab (obviously they didn’t tell me what!) But anyway, looks cool. Wish I knew it was going on auction so I could go down and see it. Great work guys, post more pictures of it.
C.aUdIgIeR cHiCk June 9, 2009
Wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This speaks wickedly immense volumes…
MUCH RESPECT 2…STAR TRAK N.E.R.D. BBC/ICECREAM AND BAPE *eT cEtEra*…4real!!!
p.s. how ironic is dis wit y’alls post on “Bling” during the recession in the Wall Street Journal
…(you guys need 2 post this in WSJ)…n don’t even worry bout da slow post…u guys rOcK!!!!!!!!! 
C.aUdIgIeR cHiCk June 9, 2009
btw…i luv tha pic of PW giving tha materialistic monster (mr dob) “the birdy”…good shot Mike!
Koffie June 9, 2009
but what was that thing inside the wooden box pharrell took a picture of?
rd41983 June 9, 2009
An amazing exhibit.
Great work from all involved. P is at it again! lol
Alfine June 9, 2009
Congrats P
Lolita June 9, 2009
congratulations P, T/M! impressive!
thanks for sharing!
courtney June 9, 2009
that’s really nice..shoulda been sprite though haha..but congrats! very nice
supercurt108 June 9, 2009
magNIficent!!!!
just AWEsome!!!
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sk8boardj June 10, 2009
Great job Pharrell, Takashi Murakami & to Jacob & Co.
Brilliant idea!
Hatti June 10, 2009
The design and creativity behind it is incredible. In whole…it’s amazing.
DR.B June 10, 2009
The ice is glowing !
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sk8boardj June 10, 2009
Pharrell looks like a modern cowboy haha!
SommerSoft June 10, 2009
It took me longer than usual to even HAVE words for this. I’m really impressed by the creativity & story. Why Mr. Dob? The dichotomous irony to me is how NOT simple of a task it must’ve been to bejewel these “things”. I mean, I’m sure they prob aren’t rhinestones from K-mart’s craft section that we could comfortably vaccuum if one fell off of the ketchup bottle. I love this in it’s entirety – I see the brilliance of Pharrell, Murakami & Jacob & Co. and I truly respect and admire it.
mdory89 June 11, 2009
art basel!! i love art basel…never been to one
…..nice installation and cool color usage.
Jay.O June 11, 2009
Cool simple things, in that first pic of him P looks like such a gangsta
milo mel June 11, 2009
FLIPPIN GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
x00x April 10, 2011
Man that thing has got just my teeth!! I’ll clear things for my friends – never used my powers for my own good ever