Japanese - Artist | February 1, 1962 -
I actually feel like the phrase 'big in Japan' is not appropriate for me. The reason is that there are more people who sympathize with my practice in America than there are domestically in Japan.
Takashi Murakami
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Like many other kids, I liked watching anime.
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When I was little, I guess I was just an ordinary kid. But then things changed when I was in junior high. You know, kids that become geeks become one because of something. Like, they aren't good at sports, or girls don't like them. I, too, for some reason, got into things like science fiction and, well, especially science fiction as an escape.
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Manga uses Japanese traditional structures in how to teach the student and to transmit a very direct message. You learn from the teacher by watching from behind his back. The whole teacher-master thing is part of Asian culture, I think.
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Our family was poor, but my parents gave us money for education.
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If I have a certain opinion, I try to incorporate that into my work.
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In Japan, after having lost World War II, the hierarchy that used to exist in the society, from the rich to the poor, has been flattened, especially by the winners, by Americans. As a Japanese artist debuting in America, I really had to bring that kind of theme into the work.
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In Japan, I am famous in certain special circles - mainly as someone who is trying to break down and enlighten the conventions of Japanese art.
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For children of my generation, anime was an escape from Japan's loser complex following World War II. Anime wasn't foreign. It was our own.
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I always have stress.
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Rather than a big figure, I guess you could say I'm more of an influential minority symbol.
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In Japan, I focus mostly on sending messages through Twitter, trying to spread my minority way of thinking.
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