Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

In recent years, Japanese artist Takashi Murakami seems to have gone all-in on street culture, from his collaborations with Kanye West in the ‘Graduation’ era and 2015 Vans collaboration to his work with ComplexCon. Recently, he teamed up with Virgil Abloh on two exhibitions, one in London at the Gagosian and one at Murakami’s own Kaikai Kiki gallery in Tokyo. He also found time to design the album art for West and Kid Cudi’s ‘Kids See Ghosts.’ Here, we speak to Murakami about his unmistakable, mind-bending work.