Assignment 2- Drawing as a Verb: Takashi Murakami (Not My Work)

 




These are some of the works of Takashi Murakami, which I pulled from his book Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow. In class, we were told to "Identify one living artist whose drawing you may find bewildering, or difficult to
understand, yet pleasing to the mind and senses (beautiful). Explain why.
• Post pictures of their work to your blog and briefly summarize your thoughts. Include any
links to your source material." Given that I am using a physical book, I just gave the name. T

NFTs aside, I think much of Murakami's work is stunning for not only its use of vibrant colours, but for its having been clearly touched by a few styles as well. First, in the bottom drawing, the background is very similar to classic japanese style art, I want to say from the ukiyo-e style but I lack the familiarity with art history to say definitively. The skulls, especially in the third piece, but also in the first piece, have the variance in form, where some look a bit squashed or stretched, as well as the ability to be simplified into black and white that reminds me of some horrific scene from a manga. In addition, the image with flowers, has a very psychedelic feel, both from the colour choice, as well as from the flowers that initially look friendly, but start to seem malcontent the longer one looks at their gaping mouths.

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