(24 May 2025)
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Cleveland, Ohio – 15 May 2025
1. Pan of Murakami standing in front of one of his portraits
2. Various inside exhibit
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
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
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
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
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
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
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STORYLINE:
Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami has never been limited to one medium. The artist has created portraits and sculptures, luxury goods with fashion houses like Louis Vuitton, album covers and an exclusive merchandising collection with Major League Baseball.
Now, he has filled a U.S. museum hall with portraits in every color as part of an exhibit opening Sunday at the Cleveland Museum of Art. “Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow,” an update of an exhibit first shown in Los Angeles, features more than 100 works ranging from paintings to sculptures.
Curator Ed Schad said the art explores the impact of trauma on individuals and culture.
The portraits "have historical roots and that they could actually tell you a lot about what a society is doing, how healthy a society is, what a society is responding to,” Schad said. “What society is responding to most often in this exhibition is the idea of trauma.”
One sculpture depicts Murakami and his dog with half of their bodies in anatomical form, showing their bones and organs, while the other half is their outward appearances. The sculpture, Pom and Me, is described as Murakami’s interpretation of his experience in the West through the lens of his Japanese identity.
The art featured in the exhibit can be seen through the lens of three events in Japan’s history: the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States during World War II, the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, leading to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement from the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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