Do you remember the Takashi Murakami and Kirsten Dunst collaboration (Akihabara Majokko Princess) we reported on awhile back? I figured you didn’t. Nevertheless, the video has finally found its way to the internet!
UPDATE: If the video goes down or gets pulled, just leave me a comment and I will try to find an alternative source.
So that strange Kirsten Dunst sighting in Tokyo awhile back has finally been explained. She’s apparently taking part in a new short film by Takashi Murakami and director McG entitled “Akihabara Majokko Princess”, wherein she plays the part of a “Murakami princess” singing The Vapors “Turning Japanese”.
The video is part of the “Pop Life: Art in a Material World” exhibition currently being held at the Tate Modern museum. We will be sure to publish the video whenever it inevitably makes its way to the Internet.
The Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin will present an exhibition of major and never-before exhibited works by Takashi Murakami, from September 15 to October 17, 2009 in its two gallery spaces in Paris. The exhibition Takashi Murakami Paints Self-Portraits will bring together seventeen paintings, including three monumental works, five sculptures and two films. Anyone care to fly me out there for the opening?
Interview with Pharrell Williams on his recent collaboration with Takashi Murakami for Art Basel Switzerland.
Full short film celebrating six years of collaboration between Takashi Murakami and Louis Vuitton. Love it. Check out the precursor to this video after the jump.
The official opening of Art Basel Switzerland kicked off with the unveiling of a collaboration between Takashi Murakami and Pharrell Williams, entitled “The Simple Things.” The installation showcases a collection of items “essential to Pharrell’s everyday life”, all of which have been decorated in a very Hirstolian (TM), diamond studded manner. Murakami’s contribution is a newly envisioned example of Mr. DoB, entitled “Mr Dob High On Mushrooms”, casually consuming Pharrell’s ‘everyday items’. Go here for more pictures.
