Works by Kaikai Kiki Artist Chinatsu Ban

Check out these cool paintings done by Chinatsu Ban of Kaikai Kiki. They are painted over newspaper articles related to the disaster in Japan. Just as these wonderful paintings could not exist without the news and images of the disaster in Japan, compassion could not exist without suffering.

I think you will find these truly uplifting, optimistic and inspiring.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)2011 Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)Chinatsu Ban/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

From Inside Takashi Murakami’s New York Studio

(c)2011 Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

(c)2011 Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

More New Works by Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami, "New day: DOB Totem Pole." (c)2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

Takashi Murakami, Title yet to be determined. (c)2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

The Evolution of a Work by Takashi Murakami

Watch as this work transforms!

Takashi Murakami, Title yet to be determined (c)2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

First we have a drawing of the subject.

Takashi Murakami, Title yet to be determined (c)2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

Next comes a preliminary color image. Notice how the side of the face and the eyebrows account for the refraction of light through the eyeglasses to be added later.

Takashi Murakami, "New Day: Self-Portrait." (c)2011 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

The completed work, “New Day: Self-Portrait” by Takashi Murakami

From Jan Descartes

Submitted by @jmdescartes

Kaikai Kiki Artists Contribute to the Newday Project!

Chiho Aoshima. That The Earth May Be Enveloped In Love. (c)2011 Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

http://twitpic.com/4954ej

 

Rei Sato. Hearts. (c)2011 Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

http://twitpic.com/49fgma

Chinatsu Ban. Pray - We Are With You. (c)2011 Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

http://twitpic.com/494y2j

 

Mr. Title yet to be determined. (c)2011 Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.

http://twitpic.com/49amrn