Takashi Murakami: AND THEN Rainbow Tatiana Trouve Made the year after Paloma’s

Made the year after Paloma’s birth

this book—one of a hundred numbered and signed copies—was published on the occasion of 4 × 6: Zeichnungen von Edward Ruscha at Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster

including large cabin-like structures

they allude to global events

Takashi Murakami: AND THEN Rainbow Tatiana Trouve Made the year after Paloma’sThis limited edition screen print by Takashi Murakami depicts the artists iconic Mr. DOB character in gradated rainbow colors on a swirling purple ground. Mr. DOB, whose name derives from the Japanese slang term dobojite (why?), is a sort of alter ego for Murakami and represents his critique of consumer society. The artist developed the anime inspired mascot in the early 1990s in response to what he described as the market survivability of characters