Chatting w/ MADSAKI About the Meaning of Pop Culture + Redoing Da Vinci
MADSAKI, Untitled, 2021
Part rebel, part satirist, MADSAKI – who has said that “perfect art is boring” – forward’s an irreverent irreverent aesthetic that has both revered and maligned some of the world’s most famous paintings, works that have served as the foundation and inspiration for artists for centuries. Born in Osaka, he immigrated to the United States as a young child, wth his parents settling in Leonia, NJ. An outcast from the get, he was nicknamed “Pearl Harbor,” by his childhood peers.
I Remembered Champion Meant GAbove, MADSAKI, Untitled, 2020
Acrylic paint, aerosol on canvas, 135 x 180 cm.
©2020 MADSAKI/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved., Courtesy Perrotinive It To The Sky, by Golden
MADSAKI, Untitled, 2020
Acrylic paint, aerosol on canvas, 135 x 180 cm.
Courtesy MADSAKI/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. Courtesy Perrotin