NEW VIDEO: Kanye West performs @ opening of Takashi Murakami's Works

via Missinfo.tv

Takashi Murakami’s a famous contemporary Japanese artist, who Kanye has been heaping praise upon since before the release of Graduation. He even did the album’s cover art.

Check out an excerpt from an article in Interior Design on Kanye’s LA digs:

“In the living room beyond, Vuitton darling Murakami is introduced via a canvas almost 6 feet square. Sure, the black and white skulls on the blood-red background appear macabre on first view. But gaze closely at those eyes. Their lighthearted flower motif is a Murakami trademark—and it shows up again in the playful pillows spread out in the office below. ‘In the past year and a half, I’ve been stepping up my relationship with Murakami,” West says. Involvement goes far beyond the music video. Those fortunate to have attended West’s 30th-birthday bash—at Vuitton’s New York flagship—should have framed the invitation. Yes, it was a Murakami. West is currently designing a mega-bling medallion with. . .Murakami again. And Murakami is responsible for the covers of all the singles on West’s album Graduation, slated for release September 11.”