Inside, visitors can see familiar characters, from Murakami’s smiling flowers to the iconic Mr. DOB.
This is exemplified by the inclusion of his more recent paintings depicting groups of Buddhist monks known as Arhats.
(Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
Takashi Murakami, Waterfall Appears in the Ocean!
Installation view of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery with ‘Chakras Open' and ‘I Drown Under the Waterfall of Life', 2017, in the rotunda, © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. (Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
In Its Midst, Kraken!
(Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
Embodiment of Um, 2014.
(Photo: Andrea Rossetti)
Embodiment of A, 2014.
Installation view of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery with ‘69 Arhats Beneath the Bodhi Tree’, 2013 (left), ‘Embodiment of “Um”‘, 2014 (center) and ‘Embodiment of “A”‘, 2014 (right), © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. (Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
FRP, stainless steel, zelkova wood, and acrylic.
Installation view of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery with ‘Tan Tan Bo Puking—a.k.a. Gero Tan', 2002 (left), ‘DOB in The Strange Forest (Blue DOB)', 1999 (center), and works from Tan Tan Bo series, 2001–18 (right), © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. (Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
Takashi Murakami, ‘Waterfall Appears in the Ocean! In Its Midst, Kraken!', 2018, acrylic, gold leaf and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel, © 2018 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved, (Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
Installation view of Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery with ‘Embodiment of “Um”‘, 2014 (detail) and ‘The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg', 2017, © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. (Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery)
‘Embodiment of “Um”‘, 2014. FRP, stainless steel, zelkova wood, and acrylic Courtesy of the Artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo © 2014 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. (Photo: Andrea Rossetti)
‘Embodiment of “A”‘, 2014. FRP, stainless steel, zelkova wood, and acrylic. Courtesy of the Artist and Blum & Poe, Los Angeles/New York/Tokyo © 2014 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved (Photo: Andrea Rossetti)
(Photo: Maria Ponce Berre, © MCA Chicago)
(Photo: Maria Ponce Berre, © MCA Chicago)
