Futura is currently presenting hand-painted light sculptures at the Noguchi Museum in Queens, New York as part of an installation running through February 28, 2021. The works feature the iconic graffiti artist’s atmospheric, aerosol creations on a selection of Akari light sculptures designed by the late and influential sculptor, Isamu Noguchi.
To commemorate the presentation, the Noguchi Museum is offering collaborative print editions designed by Futura and Takashi Murakami. Titled intermezzo TFBLK and intermezzo TFWHT, both editions arrive in an edition of 100 with 50 of each hitting the Noguchi Museum’s website and on-site at the Museum shop. The release of the second set of 50 will be available in Japan only through Kaikai Kiki Gallery.
“In August 2020, FUTURA2000 was scheduled to have a solo exhibition at Kaikai Kiki Gallery in Tokyo, opening on what would have been the eve of the 100 meters gold medal finals at the Tokyo Olympic Games,” said The Noguchi Museum in a statement. “That exhibition has been rescheduled to August 2021, but this correlating edition—a symbolic gesture of Futura and Takashi’s relationship and a cultural dialogue between Japan and the United States—finds a natural home as part of the Noguchi Museum’s collaborative ’Futura Akari’ exhibition on view through February 28, 2021.”
The sale of the prints is limited to one of each per buyer. All prints will be shipped flat, unframed, and are available to ship internationally.
In lieu of the rainy season in Japan, Takashi Murakami and Kaikai Kiki’s pastry shop Tonari no Kaikado have created limited-edition cookies in the shape of hydrangea flowers, which is one of the country’s iconic flowers known to bloom during this time of the year.
The “Flower Parent and Child’s Hydrangea Cookie Can” displays two of Murakami’s signature flower characters in a mint-flavored rendition, surrounded by a mix of flavors for the hydrangeas in butterfly pea, raspberry, purple yam, and white bean paste. Cuddling the flowers is a generous amount of leaf-shaped cookies with even more colorful and flavorful bites found underneath.
Tonari no Kaikado’s cookies provide a new experience with colorful and mellow flavors that make walking in the rain more enjoyable. You can pre-order the cookies on their official online store starting June 4 at 12:00 P.M. JST and pick them up from their physical store, Tonari no Zingaro in Nakano Broadway. There will only be 100 tins up for grabs.
Tonari no Zingaro
Nakano Broadway 4F
5-52-15 Nakano, Nakano-ku
Tokyo 164-0001
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