TOKYO -- Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami says he faced one of the biggest setbacks of his life earlier this year while preparing to unveil a 10-meter gold-leaf sculpture marked with giant smiles.
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Japan's Takashi Murakami faces his biggest setback
A cry from the soul of one of the world's most expensive living artists
"As I am Japanese, I am an outsider in the contemporary art world founded by the West," says Takashi Murakami, posing last month in front of his Haha Bangla Manus in Tokyo. "It is a big disadvantage for me to stand on the same stage as them. How can I be singular among their rules?" (Photo by Yuki Kohara)
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