Nowness spotlights artist Takashi Murakami in this clip titled “Healing Powers”. Murakami reflects on using his past art to question the idea of capitalism. After experiencing the emotional ups and downs of Japanese society during post disasters such as Fukushima, Murakami transformed his original mission of creating. His goal is to now use his art to help heal people.

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