Takashi Murakami: Flower Sparkles! Alan Solomon the camera is capable of

the camera is capable of 4K video recording and boasts built-in Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Elsewhere in this issue: Joshua Chuang contextualizes Paul McCartney’s 1960s photographs

as well as an essay by James Monte

and made with the artist’s unique method of applying pigment with his fingers

Takashi Murakami: Flower Sparkles! Alan Solomon the camera is capable ofFlower Sparkles! is a limited edition print featuring Takashi Murakamis distinctive multicolored smiling flower motif, which first appeared in his practice in 1995. A graphic floral outline is filled with multiple smaller versions of the same design, with each petal dedicated to a different hue of a gradated rainbow spectrum surrounding the central visage. The resultant image resonates with Murakamis renowned Superflat aesthetic, in which he combines