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Takashi Murakami

The Japanese artist Takashi Murakami combines highly refined classical Japanese painting techniques with distinctive Pop sensibilities. Known for his “Superflat” style, directly influenced by manga and anime, the artist creates works that explode with color and playfulness. For the 2015–16 ski season, in collaboration with Aspen Skiing Company, Murakami has produced four unique images, all of which embody his trademark visual aesthetic.

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From the archive

Oscar Tuazon: Fire Worship

For the AAM’s Roof Deck Sculpture Garden, Los Angeles–based artist Oscar Tuazon has created a temporary concrete fire pit that conflates the space of the stage with that of a fireplace. The piece serves various functions: as a gathering place for audiences to sit and interact—with each other as well as with the work itself—as a small monument, and as an outdoor heater in Aspen’s cooler months. Engaging ideas at the intersection of sculpture, architectural infrastructure, political activism, and public space, the artist applies industrial materials to construct large-scale, minimalist instal…

Margaret Kilgallen “that’s where the beauty is”

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