Last weekend, Idan and I went to the Brooklyn Museum to see the © MURAKAMI exhibit. It included many rooms of his works along with an ultra tacky LV shop smack in the middle. It was the ultimate in tasteless consumerism of art that you could buy on of the over priced, often knocked off, boring bags while trying to absorb the art. It was down right jarring.

Some of his work was a bit repetitive and boring - how many times do you need to see the same DOB in 50 different colors? But there were some very neat items. I have a couple favorites, which include the mushroom group entitles, supernova, and I believe a work called Tan Tan Bo - I have to confirm both of these when I have a moment to crack open the catalogue.

Supernova is a multi-paneled work with many different animation-like mushrooms. On display was well were two study sketches that give you an insight into the process of creating this gigantic mural.

Tan Tan Bo Puking is about the same size, perhaps a little narrower. It too contains many small detailed elements that make looking at it for hours fascinating. It might be hard to see, but center right, on the edge of the sphere is a small blob monster about to eat some of the puke. It was my favorite little detail.

Google Murakami and tons of links come up, so I wont pretend to know lots more about him. I enjoyed the art and would recommend seeing his works anytime you can.