KaiKai Kiki Marketplace

If I could win a shopping spree at any store in the whole world, it would be at the KaiKai Kiki Marketplace!

They have the most amazing selection of items from all the KaiKai Kiki artists, including Takashi Murakami, Chiho Aoshima, Aya Takano, Mr., Chinatsu Ban, and others! I want everything! The print selection is the most amazing- with really great prices. Of course, now that I am so excited about buying up everything on the site, I find that they will only ship to Japan. I am going to have to devise a plan to find a friend in Japan that I can have everything shipped to.

Mr. : Nobody Dies

KaiKai Kiki artist Mr. has a new show at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin in Paris. Mr.'s work is never what it seems. From the surface, you would think his manga and anime inspired characters are cute and innocent, but they are usually portrayed in a sexual or adult context. Oftentimes, he plays with their sexuality, and the young girls will have large male genitalia, or the little boys will have breasts. My favorite part of his work is usually the eyes- sometimes he paints whole other worlds in his characters eyes. I'm sure this show will delve even deeper into the 'children in adult circumstances' theme.

Takashi Murakami +

My favorite artist collective, KaiKai Kiki, run by the fantastic Takashi Murakami, has a new show entitled 'Takashi Murakami +' at Fabrick Gallery in Hong Kong.
Every Murakami show I have ever seen has been completely mind-blowing, and I wish I could see this new exhibit, which includes another of my favorites, Chiho Aoshima, as well as the KaiKai Kiki artist Mr.

Takashi Murakami + Exhibition
September 11 – 30, 2008 (Open Daily except Mondays)
12:00 pm - 7:00 pm
412, 4F Yip Fung Building
2-18 D’Aguilar Street
Central, Hong Kong
p: +852.2525.4911


Via: Hypebeast

Supreme x Murakami & Mr.

These new decks by Supreme come out tomorrow, I want them all!!! Look at the poop under the dogs on the Murakami ones... it's all different! I wonder if he got the poop idea from Chinatsu Ban?
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Mr. solo show in NY!

Oh man, I am so bummed about missing this Mr. show at Lehman Maupin Gallery in NY! Mr. is one of the members of my favorite artist collective, KaiKai Kiki. This was Mr.'s first solo show, and the gallery was filled with huge paintings and sculptures. Judging from these photos, it looks like it was amazing!