murakami versailles
i just learned that murakami had an exhibition at versailles towards the end of last year. although not a fan of either art, i was delighted to read about the parallels of louis xiv and murakami as artists that branded iconography in an effort to suppress collective memory. it also makes you think about how a brand could be considered art down the road, just like the conservative french art groups that were against the exhibition, who labeled it as "murder of our most scared culture". maybe, just maybe, the prada store in soho will eventually become a museum, and it will be folded into the vernacular of high art.
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