Takashi Murakami: Superflat Lee Quinones aquatint was added to the

aquatint was added to the print to introduce subtle background tones

from their first meeting in 1981 to Basquiat’s death in 1988

Philippe Dagen

this limited-edition coupe service plate features a detail of the artist’s painting Lips (2000) from his Easyfun-Ethereal series

The publication also includes a conversation between Newson and Gagosian director Louise Neri exploring the designer’s thoughts on art and limited production in design

Takashi Murakami: Superflat Lee Quinones aquatint was added to theThis is the revised edition of the exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of Takashi Murakami: Superflat, an exhibition that premiered in Tokyo and Aichi, Japan, in 2000, before traveling in an expanded form to Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Seattle in 2001. Superflat was the first of three related exhibitions curated by Takashi Murakami exploring his theory of art. Murakami coined the titular term to discuss a lineage of Japanese visual