Make art with us Monster skirmish
Takashi Murakami Japan Supernatural: Vertiginous After Staring at the Empty World Too Intensely, I Found Myself Trapped in the Realm of Lurking Ghosts and Monsters 2019, Art Gallery of New South Wales © 2019 Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd.
Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is known for his striking artworks that combine art with traditional Japanese ‘flat’ aesthetics and animation. In the huge artwork Japan Supernatural: Vertiginous After Staring at the Empty World Too Intensely, I Found Myself Trapped in the Realm of Lurking Ghosts and Monsters 2019 – currently on display at the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ North Building – Murukami brings together supernatural beings (yōkai), including magical cats (nekomata), in a battle against samurai, all under the watchful gaze of a giant demon cat.
In this workshop, we invite you to be inspired by Murakami’s artwork and draw your favourite yōkai and invent new ones to surround the nekomata in a giant monster skirmish.
Take part anytime between 11am and 3.30pm. Materials and instructions are provided. Suitable for all ages.
Make art with us Monster skirmish
Saturdays and Sundays (until 27 August 2023)
11am – 3.30pm
Duration 4 hours, 30 minutes
Art Gallery of New South Wales
North Building
Lower level 1
Free, no bookings required