"Often compared to Andy Warhol, Takashi Murakami is Japan's most prolific and commercially successful contemporary artist.
Having started his artistic career studying Nihonga, a 19th century painting form, Murakami rejected the notion of an artistic divide between high and low culture, drawing inspiration from Japanese anime cartoons and Manga comics and grounding his work in "otaku," or "nerd," culture.
In 2000, Murakami founded the "Superflat" movement, a post-modern response to the levelling of Japanese society, both in economic and culture terms, and the aesthetics of mass-produced entertainment conveyed via LCD screens." From CNN.
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