WHAT
The Japanese contemporary artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery’s Shanghai location features a cohesive body of works created in 2022 and 2023. It includes iconic characters such as Mr. DOB, Kaikai and Kiki, along with a variety of flower paintings in multiple variations. The centrepiece of the exhibition is a large-scale painting titled ‘727 NYC’, and the exhibition also features a series of acrylic paintings showcasing Murakami’s iconic flower motifs in various formats, shapes, and colours.

WHY
Visiting the exhibition is a good opportunity to understand how the artist’s groundbreaking creative practice continues to challenge and provoke. Uniting the realms of high fine art and popular culture, and combining aesthetics and techniques from different eras and styles, his exhibition showcases intricate emotional complexities experienced in our information-saturated era.