Takashi Murakami: New Day: Self-Portrait Robert Therrien and trompe l’oeil pins depicted

and trompe l’oeil pins depicted in the drawings suggest text chiseled in stone

Drawing upon the aesthetic traditions and visual legacies of colonialism and transcultural exchange in Brazil and beyond

In an interview with Brooklyn Rail publisher and artistic director Phong Bui

Gordon was commissioned by the Crossrail Art Programme to make the film for the Tottenham Court Road station of London’s new Elizabeth railway line

and is amply illustrated with full-page color reproductions

Takashi Murakami: New Day: Self-Portrait Robert Therrien and trompe l’oeil pins depictedLaunched in response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku region of Japan, Takashi Murakamis New Day initiative began as an open call for visual responses to the disaster, and grew to include exhibitions, artist designed products, and other fundraising ventures. Murakami himself produced several works under the New Day rubric, including this bright self portrait screen print. Uncharacteristically, he pictures himself as distraught, his