Japanese Art History à la Takashi Murakami” at Gagosian’s Mayfair branch in London showcases the Japanese polymathic artist in remix mode as he updates important pieces from his country’s artistic ...
The technique is the ancient art of Japanese Kintsugi ... Photo: Matthew Tyas Painting a Kintsugi pot. Photo: Tom Slemmons The subsequent Kintsugi approach of emphasising rather than hiding ...
Yet, despite these notable amendments, it is a near-perfect copy of a painting designated a “National Treasure” by the Japanese government — rendered, in part, using artificial intelligence.