Takashi Murakami Compares 'Jellyfish Eyes' With Star Wars & Shares His Affinity For Patagonia

It is not unusual for artists to present their anguish in roaring and sometimes overblown ways. After all, art is a medium of expression. Yet not many draw from solemn topics such as death, and then transform blank canvases into stupendous narratives. Takashi Murakami is one such artist who's been able to bridge disparate worlds. His artistic style, which he calls Superflat, blurs the line between high and low art, cute and disturbing, anime and calligraphy. Not trapped by the parameters of a ch...