‘I’m like a hoarder’: Takashi Murakami on his impulsive collecting style and why he still believes in the power of NFTs:
©2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Photo: RK Courtesy Gagosian
“Understanding the New Cognitive Domain,” 2023, installation view. ©️ 2023 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Photo: Thomas Lannes Courtesy Gagosian, which sold for over $69 million at Christie’s in May 2021. RTFKT, a Nike-acquired studio of virtual sneakers and collectibles, approached him to collaborate in 2021. Since then, Murakami has designed around 3,000 NFTs and a “Lucky Cat Coin Bank” on OpenSea.
Despite the more somber mood around crypto, he managed to generate some excitement in France: at his exhibition opening on the outskirts of Paris at Gagosian, attended by singer/songwriter and Louis Vuitton men’s creative director Pharrell Williams , Murakami gave away a Flower Jet Coin NFT to every visitor. Several pixelated paintings in the show, running through December 22, 2023, are reminiscent of the Lucky Cat NFTs, encapsulating a back-and-forth between the virtual and physical worlds.
Grasping Superflat is key to comprehending Murakami’s art. “If people understand or recognize Superflat as a new domain, they’ll understand my own artwork as well,” affirmed Murakami, who had a solo show at the Château de Versailles in 2010. “When I first said Superflat, it was just a catchphrase. But when I look back, it was my roadmap that enables me to delve into NFT art, gaming and subculture without any sort of reserve even though I’m old.
Besides being the figurehead of Japan’s contemporary art scene, Murakami owns Kaikai Kiki Gallery, which represents ten other Japanese artists such as Aya Takano and Otani Workshop. He also founded Geisai, a fair for emerging artists under the age of 30, in 2002. After an eight-year-long hiatus, he reignited Geisai in August 2022.
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