This comprehensive volume, overseen by the artist himself, delves into the work of Takashi Murakami, one of the most renowned living artists. Murakami is celebrated globally for his ability to seamlessly blend high and low art. This book accompanies a major exhibition and offers an immersion into how Murakami channels the ecstasy and anxiety of contemporary culture.

• Conceived by the artist as a self-portrait in the guise of a cartoon.
• Illuminates the artist's role as a cipher and critic of pop phenomena.
• Acts as a mirror to global culture.