you know, you know this is propaganda.
Perlentaucher about the murakami / vuitton fusion being shown at this year's biennale in venice.
"if you know that louis vuitton is sponsoring the 'pittura/painting' exhibition, if you know that last year lv chief designer marc jacobs assigned murakami to illuminate the luxury label [...] with new manga-polish, and if you finally know that the 'superflat monogram' video shown in museo correr is being displayed in the big lv flagship stores all over the world to stimulate clients buying murakami's design handbags called 'Pink Cherry Blossom Papillon' or 'Eye Love You' – if you know all this it sheds some special light on the soft-coloured techno-animism of the 'pop-art-samurai' [...]." – holger liebs, süddeutsche zeitung (rapid translation by p3k).