And Then 3000 Green by Takashi Murakami

Mr. DOB, the character featured in this piece, is a modern interpretation of the self-portrait. Takashi Murakami, the creator and bases for Mr. DOB, expertly uses color and texture to bring together both the “high” and “low” classes of Japanese art in the movement he has coined as “Superflat”. The seemingly Pop Art inspired use of texture has earned Mr. Murakami the moniker “Warhol of Japan”, while his use of stylistic line-art and bright coloration honors his Japanese roots in Anime and Manga. The intense dichotomy of muted color against the vibrancy of green encompasses the ideas behind Mr. Murakami’s Superflat theory. Both “high” and “low” art across the world can be brought together in harmony and striking style, and is done so here with grace and beauty.