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Kaikai Kiki lands in Berlin

by Nicole Rodriguez
JNTHED, Haruka Makita, ob at Hidari Zingaro Berlin June 22nd, 2012 - July 28th, 2012
Posted 7/8/12

It was going to happen sooner or later. Japanese contemporary art mogul Takashi Murakami and his artist collective Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. would sweep in and claim their slice in the ever-burgeoning Berlin art scene. On June 22nd the flag was firmly planted in Kreuzberg on Dieffenbachstrasse 15. Although first previewed during Berlin’s Gallery Weekend with an all-day live Manga painting performance by artist Mahomi Kunikata, the fully renovated gallery officially opened to the public with a group sho... [more]

A Peek Into the Chamber: Interview with ob
by Nicole Rodriguez
2012-07-28

Berlin, July 2012: There is a scene in the Ridley Scott’s movie Alien (1979) where Executive Officer Kane (played by John Hurt) is lowered into a derelict ship and discoverers a chamber filled with hundreds of alien eggs lined up in neat little rows, laid and waiting to hatch. This is the vision Takashi Murakami took as his inspirations for the Chamber — a little room at the Kaikai Kiki studio where Murakami stores and nurtures a batch of young talent until, presumably, with enough TLC, they... [more]