Takashi Murakami - The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

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Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is a major Skira Rizzoli exhibition catalogue published for Murakami’s retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Inside, the book focuses on his paintings across three decades, from early mature works to large-scale recent canvases, showing how his art connects Japanese painting, folklore, anime, manga, pop culture, and his Superflat visual language.

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg is a comprehensive exhibition catalogue published by Skira Rizzoli in association with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and Kaikai Kiki. Created for Murakami’s major 2017 retrospective, the book presents a deep look at his painting practice, tracing his development from early works to monumental, highly detailed compositions. 

Inside, the volume features Murakami’s colorful and complex world of smiling flowers, DOB figures, Buddhist and Japanese folklore references, skulls, monsters, anime-inspired imagery, and Superflat surfaces. With essays and contributions by Michael Darling, Michael Dylan Foster, Chelsea Foxwell, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Reuben Keehan, and Akira Mizuta Lippit, the book is an essential collector’s title for fans of Takashi Murakami, Japanese contemporary art, Kaikai Kiki, and pop culture-inspired painting.

Author: Takashi Murakami, Michael Darling, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Michael Dylan Foster, Chelsea Foxwell, Reuben Keehan, Akira Mizuta Lippit, Nobuo Tsuji

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Pages: 288 pages

Size: 26 × 29.2 cm / 10.25 × 11.5 in

Published: 2017

ISBN: 9780847859115

Publisher: Skira Rizzoli

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