i fux wit dudes over-the-topness.
Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times
"The large-scale sculpture.
Popularly known as the Warhol of Japan,
Mr. Murakami, 46, has earned an international
reputation for merging fine art with popular
Japanese anime films and manga cartoons.
Intent on exploring how mass-produced entertainment
and consumerism are part of art, he teamed up
with the fashion house Louis Vuitton in 2003 to
create brightly colored versions of the classic LV
monogram on Vuitton handbags."