Meguru Yamaguchi

Meguru Yamaguchi (Japanese, b. 1984).

Sotheby’s is honored to present this curated grouping of works for sale to benefit The Andy Warhol Museum in partnership with No More Rulers. Proceeds from these sales will help to sustain The Warhol’s mission to provide a forum for artists, scholars, and the public to creatively interact with the life and art of Andy Warhol.

Born in 1984 in Shibuya, Tokyo, Meguru Yamaguchi is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York.

He consistently pursues the possibilities of the brush stroke, one of the basic elements of painting. In his representative series of works "OUT OF BOUNDS", under the concept of "transcending stereotypes, rules, borders and boundaries, expansion of painting," he stopped using canvases that restrained the physical area for his strokes, and created an original method for materializing the unrestrained shapes of the brush strokes themselves, with which he continues to make three-dimensional and more dynamic artworks.

Born and raised in Shibuya, he experienced the pivotal transition of Tokyo street culture from the 90's to early 2000's. Since moving to the U.S. in 2007, he has collaborated with major brands representing American street culture, such as ALIFE, BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB, FTC, NIKE, etc. He has also collaborated with other international brands such as ISSEY MIYAKE MEN, LEVI’S, OAKLEY, and UNIQLO.

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