© ART
by Hunter Drohojowska-Philp
A copyright sign, the small letter "c" contained within a circle, replaces the first name of artist Takashi Murakami for the retrospective organized by Paul Schimmel, chief curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Oct. 29, 2007-Feb. 11, 2008. That tiny icon stands as the signifier for the massive gathering of paintings, sculptures, videos and knickknacks arranged in the Geffen Contemporary warehouse in the neighborhood of Little Tokyo.
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