TAKASHI MURAKAMI: THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG

This definitive survey of Takashi Murakami's paintings is the first major US monograph devoted to the influential artist in 10 years. It explores his works' connection to Japanese painting and their ability to bridge high and low, ancient and modern, and East and West. Accompanying texts examine Murakami's career in relation to postwar Japan, its folklore, Tokyo art scene, and nuclear fears. Fully illustrated with many previously unpublished works, this book provides collectors a richly detailed biography and exhibition history.

• Edited by Michael Darling, Foreword by Madeleine Grynsztejn, Contributions by Michael Dylan Foster and Chelsea Foxwell and Reuben Keehan
• Publish Date: May 30, 2017
• Hardcover
  
• 288 pages
• 10.3 x 1.1 x 11.5 inches