Two new works by Takashi Murakami, created in collaboration with Louis Vuitton, will be exhibited at the Louis Vuitton Champs-Elysées boutique in Paris in January 2010.
These works are two types of hand-embroidered tapestries: a round carpet titled “Flowerball” and a square carpet titled “Pink Time”.
These works are two types of hand-embroidered tapestries: a round carpet titled “Flowerball” and a square carpet titled “Pink Time”.
"Epitomizing skilled craftsmanship, the tapestries have been woven from the finest quality New Zealand wool using the lock stitching method, which employs about 20 knots per square centimeter. These tapestries, numbered and signed by the artist himself, are produced in two sizes (2m and 3m diameter for “Flowerball” and 2x2m or 3x3m for “Pink Time”), in a limited edition of 20 each. At least 4 months are required to produce one of these masterpieces, combining know-how, tradition, innovation, elegance and art. These “collector” art pieces are created by hand and upon request only, by manufacturers in India. Available for purchase, they will be exhibited next year in Paris."
The tapestries have been shown this year in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao as part of Murakami’s retrospective exhibition, at the Louis Vuitton Omotesando store in Tokyo, and in the Hong Kong Museum of Art (as part of the “Louis Vuitton: The Passion of Creation” exhibition).
The tapestries have been shown this year in the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao as part of Murakami’s retrospective exhibition, at the Louis Vuitton Omotesando store in Tokyo, and in the Hong Kong Museum of Art (as part of the “Louis Vuitton: The Passion of Creation” exhibition).
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