Takashi Murakami: MG, 1960 -> 2012 Sabine Moritz In addition to Currin’s own

In addition to Currin’s own commentary on many of the works

and images as a grammatical system of signs

this lithograph by Ed Ruscha is a cancellation proof of one of four editions depicting the phrase

The painting develops the motif of music and musicians he had established in iconic works such as Horn Players (1983)

The Way We Live Now pairs prints by Howard Hodgkin with Susan Sontag’s 1986 New Yorker short story of the same name

Takashi Murakami: MG, 1960 -> 2012 Sabine Moritz In addition to Currin’s ownThis limited edition print by Takashi Murakami features contrasting motifs of bright smiling flowers and menacing representations of skulls. This imagery is drawn from a series of paintings that were first shown in Takashi Murakami: Flowers & Skulls at Gagosian, Hong Kong, in 2013. The works in the exhibition, Murakamis first in Hong Kong, explored one of the central dichotomies of his artbetween joy and terror, and between his optimistic magnanimity