Juxtapoz x Superflat

November 5, 2016 - April 17, 2017

James Jean
Bouquet, 2016
acrylic on canvas
Private Collection

Juxtapoz x Superflat is a manifesto for new creative practices that can no longer be adequately described by the traditional categories of art and production. Presenting the work of more than 30 artists from Japan, China, Korea, Europe, the United States and Canada, this remarkable exhibition offers a unique insight into contemporary art and its place in cultural life.

Juxtapoz x Superflat was conceived by the renowned Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and co-curated with Evan Pricco, Editor-in-Chief of Juxtapoz Art & Culture, a legendary San Francisco-based magazine committed to contemporary art, design, fashion and graffiti. They conceived the exhibition as a survey of the most exciting visual art to emerge in recent years, with a heavy emphasis on artists who operate outside of the central hubs of the global art world. Expanding upon Murakami and Juxtapoz magazine’s interest in flattening high and low cultures, this exhibition includes work by artists whose practice has been shaped by a variety of sub-cultures including skate, surf, graffiti, street art, comics, design, illustration, painting, and digital and traditional arts.

Juxtapoz x Superflat includes work by Nina Chanel Abney, Chiho Aoshima, Urs Fischer, GATS, Kim Jung Gi, Kazunori Hamana, Trenton Doyle Hancock, John Hathway, Todd James, James Jean, Friedrich Kunath, Austin Lee, MADSAKI, Geoff McFetridge, Christian Rex van Minnen, Rebecca Morgan, Takashi Murakami, Kazumi Nakamura, Elisabeth Higgins O’Connor, Otani Workshop, Paco Pomet, Parra, Erin M. Riley, Mark Ryden, David Shrigley, Lucy Sparrow, Devin Troy Strother, Swoon, Katsuya Terada, Toilet Paper Magazine, Yuji Ueda, Yuji Ueno, Sage Vaughn, Ben Venom, He Xiangyu and Zoer & Velvet.


Organized by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. and High Speed Productions and co-curated by Takashi Murakami and Evan Pricco


  • Rebecca Morgan
    Pittsburgh Joely Jug, 2014
    stoneware
    Courtesy of Asya Geisberg Gallery

  • Installation view of Juxtapoz x Superflat, Vancouver Art Gallery, 2016–17
    Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

  • Chiho Aoshima
    Little Miss Gravestone’s Absent Musing, 2016
    interactive monitor, video animation
    © 2016 Chiho Aoshima/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.


Presenting Sponsors:

Brian and Andrea Hill