The Studio Visit

points of interest:

p186 role of the art dealer

p188 Murakami shouting orders at assistant painters
p191 "Murakami is unusual among artists in acknowledging the collective labor inscribed in his work" (25-35 names of assistant painters on back of canvas)

"anyone who's anyone gets a 10% discount"

p194 Yoshitake had revised her opinion about pop artists. "I used to assume that they [pop artists] didn't have anything substantial to offer and that their main goal was to surround themselves with fame and fortune," she said. "But Takashi's got bigger ambitions. His works are not just superficial icons. His use of parody and nonsense give a critical edge to all that spectacle and branding." this... branding."

p 211 "I was taught that one of the defining premises of modern art was its antagonism to mass culture," said Rothkopf.