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Sharp Tooth Bear ComplexCon Skateboard Art Deck Set by Takashi Murakami TM/KK Limited Edition Archival Print on Wood Skateboard Deck by Street Artwork Graffiti Artist. 2019 Limited Edition Skateboard Artwork Size 8x31 Skateboard Art Deck Brand New Perfect Condition 3x Deck Set Sharp Tooth Bear ComplexCon Skateboard Art Deck Set by Takashi Murakami: Pop Icons Reimagined in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork The Sharp Tooth Bear ComplexCon Skateboard Art Deck Set by Takashi Murakami is a 2019 limited edition release featuring archival pigment print transfer on a triptych of 8 x 31 inch natural wood skateboard decks. Distributed under Murakami’s TM/KK studio label and unveiled at ComplexCon, this set presents his iconic character Mr. DOB in a surreal, floating constellation of multicolored spheres and sharply jagged smiles. The artwork is pristine in condition and masterfully designed to span across all three decks, forming one unified image that vibrates with movement and mischief. A hallmark of Murakami’s crossover between high-concept Japanese art and subversive street aesthetics, this edition continues his exploration of visual identity through the lens of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. Mr. DOB, Murakami’s long-standing alter ego and mascot figure, is featured here in its more evolved and chaotic form. Multiple Mr. DOB heads orbit across a gradient background shifting from teal blue to pale yellow, creating a dreamy atmosphere that clashes with the aggressive, shark-like teeth and multicolor psychedelic eyes embedded in each orb. These elements produce a feeling of both playful celebration and psychological unease. With influences from anime, manga, consumer branding, and the emotional dissonance of modern visual culture, Murakami’s sharp-toothed icon becomes both character and critique. His precise lines and cartoon-like distortion transform each floating head into a symbolic vessel for contemporary overstimulation and cultural fragmentation. Skate Culture Meets Pop Surrealism in Limited Edition Form Takashi Murakami’s choice to present this piece as a skateboard deck set is deliberate. Skate decks have long existed at the intersection of function and rebellion. In Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork, the skateboard is more than a tool—it is a symbol of self-expression, disruption, and the tension between movement and visual impact. By translating his most recognizable character onto a surface born in subculture, Murakami activates new dimensions of accessibility and statement. The Sharp Tooth Bear set preserves the tactile honesty of the street while simultaneously operating as a luxury fine art object. The curved verticality of the decks allows the floating spheres to appear as if drifting in weightlessness, emphasizing the detachment and surveillance often associated with Murakami’s characters. Each panel maintains detail while contributing to the whole, creating a mural-like composition that bridges studio art and skate shop graffiti. The production quality—high-fidelity archival pigment on wood—maintains the integrity of the image while reinforcing its collectible status. These decks are built for permanence but born from a culture that values ephemerality. Character Mutation as Language in Murakami’s Visual System The recurring use of Mr. DOB across Murakami’s work symbolizes transformation, commercial identity, and visual overload. In the Sharp Tooth Bear deck set, the character’s expression is twisted into multiple forms, with exaggerated eyes, swirling patterns, and sharp jaws creating a sense of multiplicity and instability. This reflects a broader theme in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork where characters become signatures, avatars, and mythologies that evolve in public. Like graffiti tags, these characters act as a calling card—but Murakami amplifies them with color theory, compositional harmony, and emotional duality. Floating heads with smiles and snarls occupy the liminal space between joy and chaos. Their bright exteriors mask the grotesque, creating a paradox central to the experience of modern pop culture. These figures float in a void, disconnected yet expressive, much like the fractured media landscape Murakami so frequently interrogates. The decks tell a story of cultural mutation and psychological saturation through line, hue, and repetition. Takashi Murakami’s Skate Decks as Contemporary Cultural Icons Takashi Murakami, born in Japan in 1962, continues to challenge and redefine what Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork can be. His skate deck releases at ComplexCon push the boundaries of medium, bringing fine art to surfaces with street-level power. The Sharp Tooth Bear deck set serves as an entry point into Murakami’s philosophy of Superflat—where depth is compressed and visual meaning expands. With this 2019 release, Murakami reinforces that characters like Mr. DOB are not just visual gimmicks, but sophisticated tools for exploring the artificial, the emotional, and the psychedelic in a world oversaturated with imagery. These decks are not just collectibles—they are symbols of how visual art can mutate, float, and bite, all while maintaining a smile. They are the painted echoes of pop consciousness frozen in motion, crafted with intent, color, and a sharp set of teeth.

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Ortiz Masked- 7.75 Deck Deck Limited Edition Silkscreen Skateboard deck art by street pop culture artist DGK. Traditional 7-PlyWood, Medium Concave`

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ComplexCon x Mutated Deck Set Fine Art Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print Transfer on Natural Skateboard Deck by Street Artwork Graffiti Artist Takashi Murakami TM/KK. 2019 Printed Limited Edition Skateboard Art Deck Artwork Set of 3 ComplexCon x Mutated Deck Set by Takashi Murakami: Chromatic Mutation in Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork The ComplexCon x Mutated Deck Set by Takashi Murakami, released in 2019, is a limited edition fine art archival pigment print transferred onto a set of three 8 x 31 inch natural wood skateboard decks. Produced under Murakami’s TM/KK imprint and debuted during the cultural phenomenon of ComplexCon, this triptych exemplifies Murakami’s command over hyper-saturated pop imagery, symbology, and mutated character design. The composition features a chaotic, joyfully monstrous creature surrounded by eyes, psychedelic flora, and smiling flowers, delivering a visual explosion that merges Japanese pop surrealism with the raw attitude of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork. The decks form a single connected image when displayed together, centered on a large mutated bear-like figure with jagged, color-bar teeth, spiraled eyes, and pawed limbs that stretch across the lower panel. Murakami’s signature smiling flowers and multicolor mushrooms, along with amorphous side characters, crowd the frame. Each character is rendered in thick outlines with neon gradients and surreal detailing, evoking a sensory overload reminiscent of animated psychedelia. The image is whimsical, aggressive, and haunting all at once. Murakami’s visual language here is not soft or cute—it is wild, carnivalesque, and purposefully destabilizing. The figures pulse with the emotional contradictions at the heart of Murakami’s mutated worlds. Takashi Murakami’s ComplexCon Contributions and Skateboard as Canvas ComplexCon has emerged as a global cultural platform that celebrates the fusion of art, fashion, design, and street identity. Murakami’s presence at the 2019 event was marked by the release of this deck set, offering attendees a limited-edition collectible that doubles as a museum-grade art object. Skate decks, often used by artists in the Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork movement, provide a dynamic and culturally loaded format. Their historical role as subcultural canvases aligns with Murakami’s mission to make art both democratic and immersive. By choosing this medium, Murakami continues his practice of challenging distinctions between consumer goods and fine art. The Mutated Deck Set, while printed and collectable, still retains its status as a street-ready object—a symbol of movement, youth rebellion, and visual storytelling. This format allows his work to live not just on gallery walls, but in the hands and homes of people who see culture as fluid and multi-layered. The high-definition printing on natural wood offers vibrant fidelity while keeping the authenticity of material intact. Symbolic Mutation and Emotional Saturation in Contemporary Visual Language Murakami’s use of mutated characters in this piece reflects his fascination with postmodern transformation and emotional overload. The main figure is an amalgamation of innocence and chaos, surrounded by fungal life forms and anthropomorphic flowers. These characters mirror feelings of overstimulation, digital addiction, and pop culture fragmentation. The chaotic layering of elements reflects the graffiti ethos—fill the surface, dominate space, leave a mark that resists being ignored. The work thrives in the tradition of Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork by weaponizing cuteness, twisting it into something primal. The flowers are not gentle—they watch. The colors do not soothe—they shout. This emotional tension becomes a form of cultural resistance, a declaration that art can be dazzling and unsettling at the same time. Murakami’s use of mutation as a recurring theme places his work in direct conversation with street art’s obsession with metamorphosis, identity play, and distortion. Murakami’s Cultural Synthesis and the Evolution of Street Pop Surrealism Takashi Murakami, born in Japan in 1962, continues to influence global visual culture through his multi-disciplinary projects that unify commercial production and philosophical depth. The ComplexCon x Mutated Deck Set is a vivid example of this ongoing work, presenting not only a composition filled with color and chaos but a conceptual artifact that speaks to art’s ability to mutate, like its subject matter. His work brings Japanese folklore, postwar trauma, contemporary media, and urban aesthetics into dialogue through characters that look playful but contain multitudes. This deck set serves as both archive and activation—transforming street materials into collectible visions, uniting fine art clarity with the street's emotional voltage. Murakami’s mutated forms are not deviations—they are evolutions. They represent where Street Pop Art & Graffiti Artwork is heading: into layered, playful, yet brutally honest expressions of culture’s surreal and saturated now.

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Fagundes Masked- 7.9 Deck Limited Edition Silkscreen Skateboard deck art by street pop culture artist DGK. Dwayne Fagundes Popsicle Deck, Traditional 7-PlyWood, Medium Concave

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