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Japanese artist Takashi Murakami announced his intention to return to traditional painting, says Tha Art Newspaper. The statement was made after the Murakami exhibition opening at Versailles, which provided installation and sculpture.

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Murakami for 11 years he studied painting at the Tokyo University of Art and Music. Nevertheless, the majority of his works are inspired by mass culture - comics, manga, video games. He worked with computer graphics. The last of his experiments with painting have been associated with physical intervention of the artist in the picture: Murakami daubed themselves with paint and wrapped in canvas.
Previously, the intention to return to traditional painting has announced another artist, famous for his work with a lot of assistants - Britain's Damien Hirst. Critics, however, his new paintings are not appreciated.
Versailles exhibition of Murakami provoked a storm of protest among some Frenchmen who defended the traditional view of the palace. Nevertheless, the protesters disrupt the opening of the event was not possible - as well as the exhibition of Jeff Koons, with great success the past in Versailles in 2008.
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In Versailles will show 22 works of Murakami, 11 of which were created specifically for the exhibition http://lenta.ru/news/2010/09/14/murakami/