Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Art Takashi Murakami Is Tired, Possibly Dying, Definitely Exaggerating
Posted by Benjamin Sutton on Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 1:46 PM
"I want to keep on creating but my fear is, how long can I continue? I’ve survived for ten years, but I’m not sure I can survive the next ten years. My generation is the geek generation and many are dead before the age of 50 through addictions [alcohol, overwork]. I feel like an old man. My inspiration is shrinking, my concentration is not good. I am tired."
It's an interesting piece on an artist whose work is often, unjustly, misconstrued as puerile commercialism, and how the art market can both fuel and sap the same creator's creative energy.
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