Takashi MURAKAMI

TAKASHI MURAKAMI: THE OCTOPUS EATS ITS OWN LEG

Museum of contemporary art chicago - Chicago, USA

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Work shown: Takashi Murakami Starchild, 1992 Fabric and mixed media 156 ¼ x 256 in. (397 x 650 cm)
Courtesy of Perrotin. ©1992 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Work shown: Time Bokan, 1993 Acrylic paint on wall, and fireworks residue Dimensions variable
Courtesy of Perrotin. ©1993 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

© MCA Chicago, Photo: Nathan Keay
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Exhibition view of "Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats its Own Leg", MCA Chicago, June 6 – September 24, 2017
Work shown: Takashi Murakami The Octopus Eats its Own Leg (detail), 2017 Acrylic, gold leaf, and platinum leaf on canvas mounted on wood panel Forty-five panels, overall: 256 x 1,378 in. (650 x 3,500 cm)
Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin, ©2017 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.