Renowned Superflat artist tops Vancouver Art Gallery’s spring lineup

Tan Tan Bo Puking – a.k.a. Gero Tan, 2002, Takashi Murakami. Acrylic on canvas mounted on board. Private Collection, Courtesy of Galerie Perrotin. © 2002 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Photo: Adam Reich

The Vancouver Art Gallery is kicking off its spring exhibition season with an exhibit of work by one of Japan’s most renowned, and colourful, expressionists.

From Feb. 3-May 6, the VAG will present Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, a career retrospective of work by international Superflat art icon Takashi Murakami. The exhibit marks the artist’s first-ever retrospective in Canada.

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Renowned Superflat artist tops Vancouver Art Gallery’s spring lineup

Mind-blowing new exhibit coming to the Vancouver Art Gallery!

Chiho Aoshima Little Miss Gravestone’s Absent Musing, 2016 interactive monitor, video animation. © 2016 Chiho Aoshima/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Chiho Aoshima’s Little Miss Gravestone’s Absent Musing (2016) is one of the works that will be exhibited at Juxtapoz vs. Superflat. © 2016 Chiho Aoshima/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Fresh off its awesome Mashup: The Birth of Modern Culture show earlier this year, the Vancouver Art Gallery (750 Hornby St.) is again going contemporary with a new exhibit of daring work from a variety of international artists.

Conceived by the renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and co-curated with Evan Pricco, Editor-in-Chief of the art magazine Juxtapoz Art & Culture, Juxtapoz x Superflat features the work of more than 30 artists from Japan, Korea, Canada, the United States and Europe. The exhibition opens at the VAG Nov. 5 and runs until Feb. 5, 2017.

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Mind-blowing new exhibit coming to the Vancouver Art Gallery!