Takashi Murakami's political piece "Polyrhythm" (Tokyo 1992). Photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas

Takashi Murakami with "Polyrhythm" (1992) Photographed by Ithaka Darin Pappas at Galerie Mars in Shibuya-Ku

 At the beginning of his career, Murakami appeared to be content with the lot of most successful contemporary artists: to create work that is admired by critics and desired by wealthy collectors but leaves the general public baffled or hostile. He was constructing conceptual pieces similar to the art being made in the West. Among those early works, which began attracting attention in the early 90's, was "Polyrhythm", a seven-foot-high slab of yellow resin, minimalist in form, on which many toy United States infantry soldiers climb. 

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Takashi Murakami photographed with "Polyrhythm" by Ithaka Darin Pappas 

in Tokyo Los Angeles (1992) 

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Takashi Murakami At Mars Gallery - 1992

Takashi Murakami photographed in Shibuya-Ku - Tokyo, Japan 

by Ithaka Darin Pappas in 1992.

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Takashi Murakami (村上 隆 Murakami Takashi^?, born February 1, 1962) is an internationally prolific contemporary Japanese artist. He works in fine arts media—such as painting and sculpture—as well as what is conventionally considered commercial media —fashion, merchandise, and animation— and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts. He coined the termsuperflat, which describes both the aesthetic characteristics of the Japanese artistic tradition and the nature of post-war Japanese culture and society.