Takashi Murakami: School Entrance Ceremony
Artwork © 2021 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved
School Entrance Ceremony is a limited-edition print featuring Takashi Murakami’s distinctive multicolored smiling flower motif, which first appeared in his practice in 1995. A graphic floral outline is filled with multiple smaller versions of the same design in a variety of bright color combinations. The resultant image resonates with Murakami’s renowned “Superflat” aesthetic, in which he combines classical Japanese painting techniques with contemporary popular imagery on a flat picture plane, often also making use of graphic devices from the interconnected cultures of anime, manga, otaku, and kawaii.
Artist: Takashi Murakami
Date: 2021
Medium: Screen print with gold leaf on paper
Dimensions: 21 5/8 × 21 5/8 inches (55 × 55 cm)
Edition: Edition of 100 + 25 AP
Signed: Signed, numbered, and dated on recto
Printer: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Publisher: Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Framed: Sold unframed
