New blog feature: From the Vaults! We’re starting a new, semi-regular feature on our blog that highlights art in the AMAM’s permanent collection of almost 14,000 works that are not currently on view, and may not have been for several years.Today, we feature this print by the contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Last on view in the fall of 2008, shortly after its acquisition by the AMAM, this work is representative of Murakami’s exploration of the blurred boundaries between fine art and popular culture. He’s known for  exploring otaku (the Japanese term for an obsession with anime and cartoons), and deriving inspiration from manga (comics created in Japan, which often use exaggerated, expressive facial features to denote the emotional state of characters).  Murakami’s work is sometimes referred to as Neo-Pop or Poptical.Image:Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962)Melting DOB E, 2008Color lithographMuseum Friends Fund, AMAM 2008.10 
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New blog feature: From the Vaults! We’re starting a new, semi-regular feature on our blog that highlights art in the AMAM’s permanent collection of almost 14,000 works that are not currently on view, and may not have been for several years.

Today, we feature this print by the contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Last on view in the fall of 2008, shortly after its acquisition by the AMAM, this work is representative of Murakami’s exploration of the blurred boundaries between fine art and popular culture. He’s known for  exploring otaku (the Japanese term for an obsession with anime and cartoons), and deriving inspiration from manga (comics created in Japan, which often use exaggerated, expressive facial features to denote the emotional state of characters).  Murakami’s work is sometimes referred to as Neo-Pop or Poptical.

Image:
Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962)
Melting DOB E, 2008
Color lithograph
Museum Friends Fund, AMAM 2008.10 

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