{"id":9539,"date":"2012-11-30T06:06:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-30T06:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=9539"},"modified":"2012-11-30T06:06:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-30T06:06:24","slug":"takashi-murakami-flowers-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=9539","title":{"rendered":"Takashi Murakami \u201cFlowers &#038; Skulls\u201d Exhibition @ Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/takashi-murakami-flowers-amp-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong-recap-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/takashi-murakami-flowers-amp-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong-recap-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"takashi-murakami-flowers-amp-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong-recap-6\" width=\"625\" height=\"425\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9541\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Internationally renowned Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami debuted his latest Exhibition at the  Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong. The recent exhibit was titled &#8220;Flowers &#038; Skulls&#8221; where the focal point of the exhibition is flowers and skulls exploring various artistic inspirations and merging Japanese pop art with traditional techniques. Murakami\u2019s blend of Japanese caricatures with conventional Asian art was on display as the artist displayed 14 new paintings such as <em>\u201cBlue Life Force,\u201d \u201cSelf-Portrait of the Manifold Worries of a Manifoldly Distressed Artist,\u201d<\/em> and <em>\u201cThe Artist\u2019s Agony and Ecstasy\u201d<\/em>. The exhibition is open to the public until February 9, so if you happen to live or be around the area make sure you stop by and treat yourself to some eye-popping visual art by one of the greatest artist of our time.<\/p>\n<p>Gagosian Gallery<br \/>\n7\/f Pedder Building,<br \/>\n12 Pedder St, Central<br \/>\nHong Kong<\/p>\n<p>Knowledge &#8220;What&#8217;s the Science&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/takashi-murakami-flowers-amp-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong-recap-8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/takashi-murakami-flowers-amp-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong-recap-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"takashi-murakami-flowers-amp-skulls-exhibition-gagosian-gallery-hong-kong-recap-8\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9542\" 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The recent exhibit was titled &#8220;Flowers &#038; Skulls&#8221; where the focal point of the exhibition is flowers and skulls exploring various artistic inspirations and merging Japanese pop art with traditional techniques. Murakami\u2019s blend of Japanese caricatures with conventional [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9542,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,14],"tags":[1270,1268,1269,1272,1118,1271],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9550,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9539\/revisions\/9550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}