ITEM NO: 10128 SIZE: 5 MATERIAL: See description EDITION: open US$400.00 The Flower Ball soccer ball, by Takashi Murakami, is designed using his very popular bold flower motifs. The Flower Ball will delight Murakami fans, art fans and soccer lovers alike. This soccer ball is manufactured by the world leading ball maker, the Molten which also manufactures the official soccer balls of A.C. Parma or A.C. Chievo Verona of Serie A, Italy. So, it, of course, can be used as a actual soccer ball, or it can be enjoyed as a gorgeous cosmic, football inspired, art object. The Murakami Flower Ball comes packages in a hip, translucent bag. Multi-layered Superior quality Polyurethane cover, foam backed for comfort and control, premium latex bladder, hand stitched, manufactured with Molten USA. Takashi Murakami was born in Tokyo in 1963 and received his BFA, MFA and PhD from the Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music. He has had recent solo shows at Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York (2003),Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris (2002),Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo (2001), Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2001),and Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris (2001). Takashi Murakami's work has been exhibited in prestigious museums all over the world, including the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art,the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,and a recent solo retrospective exhibition at the Bard College Museum of Art.

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