Takshi Murakami

Learning about the life and art work of Takashi Murakami made me learn something new that i did not know about. One thing that I've learned is that fashion and art where two separate ideas or things that where seen differently, but thanks to this wonderful artist Takashi Murakami, he has brought this two things together. The whole idea of bringing fashion and art as one, actually made fashion more interesting and admired more than when it was just plain fashion. Born in Tokyo, Murakami as a young child wanted to be an artist, particularly interested in animation and comics, and he felt that studying art would help him improve his drawing and skills which it really did now that he is a very well know artist and for most people a celebrity all over the world. It all started when he created in conjunction with designer Mark Jacobs, who was working on a clothes line for Louis Vuitton, Murakami's idea of design for the handbags made a whole new ball game for such brand. For example the fist picture shows the design brought by Murakami to this hang bag making it limited edition and very expensive. Looking at some of his art work for example on the second picture you can see how this new type of fashion came up to be associated with art. I mean just by the different bright colors and animations is what help this new fashion come to life. With Murakami's brilliant idea of bright, fresh colors and incorporating some of his signature images, like wide-open cartoon eyes and smiling blossoms is what made this new era of fashion become very well admired. His paintings of such characters are like something that you would watch in a cartoon on television, which reminds me of how I use to admire such shows when i was a kid. Now for some people who where fans of such cartoons as a child and are now adults have something new to admire, which are this hand bags with different figures and caricatures with the collaboration of Takashi Murakami in this new kind of fashion. Here is a link to a video over how celebrities have a high regard for Murakami's art work and designs that he has manufactured for Louis Vuitton. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgtCuBXkIKw