Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles, June 2010.

Takashi Murakami at Blum & Poe in Los Angeles, June 2010.

Takashi Murakami’s Flower Matango (d), 2001–2006. Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris/©2001–2006 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.

Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai & Kiki, 2000–2005. Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris/©2000–2005 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co.,Ltd.

Takashi Murakami’s And Then, When That’s Done...... I Change. What I Was Yesterday Is Cast Aside, Like An Insect Shedding Its Skin, 2009. Courtesy Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris/© 2009 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.