Today, May 24, the prominent global network of art galleries, Gagosian, announced an innovative new exhibition in collaboration with the acclaimed multimedia artist Takashi Murakami. Entitled Understanding the new cognitive domainopens June 10 at the gallery in Le Bourget, France, focusing on Murakami’s monumental paintings while paying homage to his Web3 endeavors.
While there will no doubt be much fanfare around what comes as Murakami’s debut exhibition with Gagosian in France, the significance of Understanding the new cognitive domain lies within the physical works available for viewing. Notably, the famed Japanese creator will unveil a huge painting inspired by the iwai-maku (stage curtain) he created for Tokyo’s Kabuki-za theater in 2022.
Similarly, Murakami’s 2010 large format painting is titled Dragon in Clouds – Indigo Blue – which was created in response to Soga Shōhaku’s famous 1763 masterpiece, Dragon and clouds – will be on full display alongside numerous other paintings, works in smaller formats and sculptures.
To emphasize the crossover between fine art and NFTs, the exhibition, which runs through December 22, will also feature several “lucky cat” paintings that reference Murakami’s robust and respected ventures into Web3. In addition, Murakami’s iconic smiling floral motif is at the center of several works, such as a six-foot rainbow neon sign illustrating a connection between his large-scale brick-and-mortar ventures and digitized offerings such as the Murakami.Flowers PFP collection.
As part of the exhibition’s opening day festivities, Murakami has designed a special NFT gift that will be available exclusively to visitors to the June 10 Gagosian reception, which will take place from 3-6 pm. Le Bourget and limited to one per person. A special giveaway booth will be set up at the exhibition, where attendees can claim their digital gift and participate in an interactive experience.
Editor’s Note: This article was written by an nft now contributor in collaboration with OpenAI’s GPT-4.
