Takashi Murakami: New Day: Self-Portrait Walther Konig Max Beckmann

Max Beckmann

the book presents Ancart’s first semiabstract and monochromatic drawings alongside his colorful neo-psychedelic landscapes

and Achille Bonito Oliva

formally and conceptually reimagining established aesthetics and techniques by repurposing multiple woodblocks already carved for earlier ukiyo-e prints

David Reed and Katharina Grosse discuss the temporal aspects of their practices

Takashi Murakami: New Day: Self-Portrait Walther Konig Max BeckmannLaunched in response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the Tohoku region of Japan, Takashi Murakamis New Day initiative began as an open call for visual responses to the disaster, and grew to include exhibitions, artist designed products, and other fundraising ventures. Murakami himself produced several works under the New Day rubric, including this bright self portrait screen print. Uncharacteristically, he pictures himself as distraught, his