Miyabi (Kōrin: Courtly Elegance)

This artwork intertwines traditional Japanese aesthetics with contemporary pop sensibilities, presenting a richly layered bouquet that celebrates elegance and ephemerality. The vibrant flowers are rendered with graphic precision against a backdrop of abstract textures and gilded motifs, nodding to classical Rinpa school compositions. Murakami fuses historical reverence with modern visual language, creating a dynamic tension between permanence and decay, ornament and flatness. The piece serves as a meditation on beauty’s endurance in the face of cultural flux and visual overload.