Takashi Murakami is a prolific contemporary Japanese artist who works in both fine arts media, such as painting, as well as digital and commercial media. His work stretches the imagination of contemporary art into the 21st Century. Many publishers have likened Takashi Murakami to Andy Warhol.
With Murakami's new exhibition (open September 2010) at The Palace of Versailles, Paris his work will certainly move to the forefront of Contemperary Art of today.
In 2008, Takashi Murakami made Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People" list, the only visual artist included.