Oh hay! Takashi Murakami is having a new show! It’s gonna feature a four giant Kanye bears, one each of gold, bronze, silver, and full-color (for those of you new to the albums of Kanye West, he’s had a Bearlike avatar in place of himself on covers, the second newest of which was designed by Murakami.) This new show (which’ll be taking place in Paris) will also contain a bunch of what Murakami calls his self-portraits. Anything which includes a shipload of colors and fantastical images beyond imagination.

You remember Murakami, right? There was a post on World Famous Design Junkies about a collaboration between Pharrell Williams and Takashi Murakami just recently: it’s a sculpture which is basically a big head with a diamond-encrusted Pepsi can inside.

Right here right now we’ve got a bit of the pre-release info on some pieces:

Planet of Ecology : The Earth, 2008-2009
Acrylique et feuille d’or sur toile montée sur cadre en aluminium
350 x 444 cm
©2008-2009 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Above is info for the poop-on-the-planet sort of picture, and next is info on the picture that’s also the top image in this post:

Kaikai Kiki and Me, 2008
Acrylique sur toile montée sur cadre en aluminium
150 x 150 cm
©2008 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

And finally a circular thang which only comes in sort of a tiny preview at the moment, here’s hopin for a better look soon!

«I Recall The Time When My Feet Lifted Off The Ground,
Ever So Slightly. – Kôrin – Chrysanthemum», 2009
Acrylic and gold leaf on canvas mounted on board
59 inches diameter
©2009 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

In total, the show will display seventeen paintings, including three monumental works, five sculptures and two films. The show is entitled “Self-Portraits” and opens on September 15th and runs through the 17th of October, 2009.

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin
75 Rue de Turenne & 10 Impasse
Saint-Claude 75003
Paris

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