© MURAKAMI Bill Powers Designed by Jeff Koons in

Designed by Jeff Koons in collaboration with Bernardaud

The results recall the illusionistic qualities of old master painting and reveal an exchange between nature and abstraction

In ACTS—short for “Absolute Contempt for Total Serenity”—Ruby captures liquid dye inside clear urethane and balances these pure prisms atop scuffed

Several foldouts and architectural drawings reproduced on translucent drafting paper provide further context

artist-designed products

© MURAKAMI Bill Powers Designed by Jeff Koons inThis book was published on the occasion of MURAKAMI, the first comprehensive survey of Takashi Murakamis work, which originated at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and subsequently traveled to the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Museum fr Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; and Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain. Organized by Paul Schimmel in 200708, the retrospective featured key selections from across the artists career, including early