"Freshly inspired by a visit to Monet's Giverny, Takashi Murakami (b. 1962) explores the relationship between ukiyo-e and Impressionism in a suite of 24 new paintings at Perrotin Los Angeles. The latest works advance his theory of how ukiyo-e, or "floating world pictures,"transformed the global art scene in the late 1800s. In recent years, Murakami has reflected on how landscape prints from Japan spurred Impressionists to adopt more subjective and abstract approaches to composition and painting."
"Bijinga in ukiyo-e focused on the women, notably courtesans, geisha, and iconic attendants of teahouses of Edo (modern Tokyo). Often celebrities in their own right, or popular entertainment personalities, the women are presented as alluring figures, alone or gathered like hothouse flowers at the pleasure quarters or teahouses where they entertained; from casual everyday gestures to viewing seasonal displays of flowers or moonlight; or sometimes traveling to assignations."
Takashi Murakami created a suite of 24 new paintings at Perrotin Los Angeles that examine the relationship between ukiyo-e and Impressionism after a visit to Monet's Giverny. The works advance a theory that ukiyo-e, or "floating world pictures," reshaped the global art scene in the late 1800s and that Japanese landscape prints encouraged Impressionists to adopt more subjective, abstract approaches to composition and painting. Murakami revisits themes of sexuality from earlier sculptures and now interrogates the global impact of bijinga, ukiyo-e images of courtesans, geisha, and teahouse attendants whose novel compositions, costumes, and eroticism inspired Impressionist depictions of modern life.
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