DOB In Pure White Robe (Pink and Blue)
- Medium:
- Offset lithograph
- Dimensions:
- 50 × 50 cm
- Image courtesy of
- MyArtBroker
DOB In Pure White Robe (Pink and Blue) features Mr. DOB, Murakami's recurring character introduced in 1993 as a self-described alter ego. Here DOB is dressed in a ceremonial white robe — a garment associated with Buddhist ritual and Shinto purification practices in Japan — rendered in a pink and blue palette against a Superflat ground. The offset lithograph format allows precise registration of the character's circular face, prominent ears, and stylized teeth, all drawn without shading or modeled form. The juxtaposition of a manga-derived figure with religious vestment is characteristic of Murakami's method of collapsing hierarchies between high cultural symbolism and otaku visual culture.
DOB In Pure White Robe (Pink and Blue) was created by Takashi Murakami (村上隆).
DOB In Pure White Robe (Pink and Blue) depicts pop art and superflat.
DOB In Pure White Robe (Pink and Blue) measures 50 × 50 cm.
