(24 May 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cleveland, Ohio – 15 May 2025
1. Pan of Murakami standing in front of one of his portraits
2. Various inside exhibit
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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Takashi Murakami, contemporary artist:
“It’s a little bit misunderstanding that my work is very easy and very popular, but this is okay because this is one of my tricks.”
4. Various inside exhibit
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5. SOUNDBITE (English) Takashi Murakami, contemporary artist:
“Most of the children can enjoy my pieces and then, you know, in, when these guys become to adult, ‘Oh, this piece was a, it’s really complex.’”
6. Medium of Murakami signing his autograph for an exhibit attendee
7. Various inside exhibit
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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed Schad, exhibition curator:
“A couple of things that are very legible in this exhibition is first the interaction between very contemporary pop culture and sort of how it is built from and how it echoes into history.”
9. Various inside exhibit
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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Ed Schad, exhibition curator:
“You’ll find that they have historical roots and that they could actually tell you a lot about what a society is doing. How healthy a society is, what, what a society is responding to. And what society is responding to most often in this exhibition is, is the idea of trauma.”
11. Various of Murakami signing tie made by Avery Larson
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12. SOUNDBITE (English) Laurel Larson, visitor and art therapist:
“Avery loves art, our family loves art. I’m an art therapist. So to meet a famous, well-known, incredible artist in a magical place like the Cleveland Museum of Art is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
13. Medium of Murakami taking photo with Laurel and Avery Larson
14. Various of Trav Hen taking videos of Murakami’s art
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15. SOUNDBITE (English) Trav Hen, Visitor to exhibit:
“This is very exciting. Very vibrant. Very inspiring. It just makes me want to stare at it all day.”
16. Various of the Yumedono
STORYLINE:
JAPANESE CONTEMPORARY ARTIST TAKASHI MURAKAMI’S STEPPING ON THE TAIL OF A RAINBOW OPENS THIS MONTH AT THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART.
THE EXHIBIT FEATURES MORE THAN 100 WORKS RANGING FROM PAINTINGS TO SCULPTURES THAT ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF TRAUMA AND GRIEF ON INDIVIDUALS.
MURAKAMI LAYERS HIS PIECES WITH REFERENCES TO JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE LIKE ANIME AND MANGA AS WELL AS THE METAVERSE AND STREET FASHION TRENDS.
SOUNDBITE (English) Ed Schad, exhibition curator:
“A couple of things that are very legible in this exhibition is first the interaction between very contemporary pop culture and sort of how it is built from and how it echoes into history.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Ed Schad, exhibition curator:
“You’ll find that they have historical roots and that they could actually tell you a lot about what a society is doing. And what society is responding to most often in this exhibition is, is the idea of trauma.”
SOUNDBITE (English) Takashi Murakami, contemporary artist:
“It’s a little bit misunderstanding that my work is very easy and very popular, but this is okay because this is one of my trick. Most of the children can enjoy my pieces and then, you know, in, when these guys become to adult, ‘Oh, this piece was a, it’s really complex.’”
LAUREL LARSON TOOK HER SON AVERY OUT OF SCHOOL TO MEET MURAKAMI AT AN EVENT AT THE EXHIBIT.
SOUNDBITE (English) Laurel Larson, visitor and art therapist:
GUESTS LIKE CLEVELAND RESIDENT TRAV HEN WERE MESMERIZED AT THE ARTIST’S WORK.
SOUNDBITE (English) Trav Hen, Visitor to exhibit:
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