Phantasma Conceptual The And Then

The And Then

and in the way Japanese visual tradition continues to be reimagined in the present

and visual seduction operate at the same time

pushing them into a contemporary register shaped by sharp colour

and a distinct pop twist

Phantasma Conceptual The And ThenOffset lithograph with silver on paper, hand signed by Takashi Murakami. Numbered edition of 300. Published by Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd, Japan. Phantasma is rooted in one of the most extraordinary episodes in Takashi Murakamis career: the creation of The 500 Arhats, the monumental painting stretching to around 100 metres that became a landmark in his engagement with Buddhist imagery and large scale narrative form. That vast project did not emerge in