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Murakami: Monsterized exhibition may have ended on May 15, but is extended through July 22, 2024.
San Francisco / Asian Art Museum
Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People — Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego
Sep 15, 2023 – Jul 22, 2024
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Wilbur Foundation Gallery
Visitors can still enjoy the artist’s vibrantly colored, larger-than-life sculptures and neon works in Wilbur Gallery. The gallery is completely wallpapered from floor to ceiling in Murakami’s trademark smiling flowers; don’t miss your chance to experience this uniquely spectacular space — one of the city’s premier selfie opportunities.
Note: access to Wilbur Gallery requires a special exhibition ticket for Phoenix Kingdoms: The Last Splendor of China’s Bronze Age.
Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People — Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego showcases more than 75 works — including a dozen never-before exhibited ones — and delivers Murakami’s signature combination of fun, spectacle, and playful social commentary in his first-ever solo exhibition in the Bay Area.
“Like all great artists, Takashi Murakami is sensitive to cultural shifts and many of these unique artworks were created during — and in response to — the recent pandemic when people around the globe retreated behind their screens and many of our interactions became virtual,” says Jay Xu, The Barbara Bass Bakar Director and CEO of the Asian Art Museum. “I’m delighted that visitors will be able to experience his latest, highly relevant works, which might mirror their own questions about living in the digital age, while drawing connections between this iconic mix-master’s styles and the Asian Art Museum’s own incredible historic collection.”
Organized by the Asian Art Museum’s senior curator of Japanese art, Laura Allen, Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People — Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego uses monsters as a lens to examine human behavior in the wake of a complicated past, a chaotic present, and a virtually limitless digital future.
Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People — Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego is organized by the Asian Art Museum. Presentation is made possible with the generous support of Kenneth C. Griffin and The Bernard Osher Foundation. Additional support is provided by Neiman Marcus, Sakana Foundation, and the W.L.S Spencer Foundation.
Sustained support generously provided by the Akiko Yamazaki and Jerry Yang Endowment Fund for Exhibitions and the Kao/Williams Contemporary Art Exhibitions Fund.
