Takashi Murakami came to Moscow for a couple of days to attend the opening ceremony for what you about to receive ( «what you will»), which made a famous American gallery Larry Gagosyan in the former chocolate factory « Red October ».

«In order to become famous, PR and advertising artist today without need. For the Internet generation is far more important than what will be on youtube, than what is printed in the newspapers. Today, to gain popularity, the artist enough to post their work online. I, for example, every day starts with viewing youtube, - told in an interview with RIA Novosti Murakami. - Famous article is not difficult to survive and stay afloat is much more difficult, because for the development of the artist should be involved a variety of mechanisms - gallery owners, curators, museum. In order to stay afloat, in addition to hard work, you need more luck. And to become a well-known today is the Internet ».

At an exhibition in Moscow, Murakami has brought a very beautiful painting «I want to wet a mobile shower», made specifically for exhibition in Russia. «This picture is inspired by childhood experiences, the plot came from the Japanese comic« manga »and« anime », I also applied the traditional elements of Japanese décor, as it has done in earlier work», - explained the artist, frankly admitted that in the picture «no anything that would be associated specifically with Moscow ».

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Murakami told that Japanese artists of different artists from the Western world of its versatility and unique versatility. «Japanese artists cover the entire culture: can work in fashion, and cinema, and in any other area in which the applied arts. In doing so, all their work will be at a high level ».

Sam Murakami represents an ideal model of artist-universal. He is the author of the beautiful paintings, great sculpture (his erotic sculpture «lonesome cowboy» recently was sold for 15 million dollars), the creator of children's toys, performansist. And he is obliged to Louis Vuitton with their new colored logos, animated toes prints classic handbags and purses famous company. «Our artists did not focus on one topic», - he added.

most popular Japanese artist Murakami - a famous animator Hayao Miyazaki: «When I watched his latest movie" Pono to breakage "(Ponyo On A Cliffe), I cried. Why not give him a prize in Venice, I do not know, probably, decided that he quite prizes ».

plans and concerns

Now the artist admitted that the passion for the organization of art festival in Tokyo. «I want to make it a major event in the world of art that every six months, the artists collected and created art objects allocated to them for this area of the city. Suppose someone puts art right on the ground, and someone creates a picture on the wall, above all, to fit into the space ». According to Murakami, the festival will be «arranged in the classical principle: organized the show, invited the jury and distributed prizes».

In conclusion, the conversation he admitted that he is very concerned about the global economic crisis. «I am confident that the economic crisis necessarily affect contemporary art. I remember perfectly what happened with the art market in Japan and the world in the early 1990's, and as falling prices for works of art. Therefore, I have no illusions. Another point is that the effect of the crisis can not happen now, but after a couple of years », - noted artist.

Source: rian.ru