Personal project - Handmade Pixel-Art - 2022

Portrait of Takashi Murakami.  

Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and other works of art that combine traditional Japanese aesthetics with elements of pop art and mass culture. His works are often colorful and imaginative, and he is considered one of the most important and influential artists of his generation. Murakami is also known for his collaborations with fashion and luxury brands, and has been involved in the creation of merchandise such as handbags and clothing.

This creation is part of a purely NeoPop artistic approach. Strongly inspired by the 80s/90s and popular culture, this graphic work uses its codes: pixel-art, 8-bit design, colors inspired by the world of video games, dialogue portraits (avatar), characters from Pop culture, etc
The different resolutions allow you to take a fresh look at stars more or less known to everyone.

Due to its minimalist aspect, pixel-art is in essence a distorted representation of our reality.
Each time the resolution changes, we see the representation of this character vanish or anchor a little more in reality. This approach immediately echoes our modern Western society which highlights values ​​such as starification, appearance and immediacy.

To become known is to prepare to no longer be so.