A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!, 2021 by Takashi Murakami

A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!, 2021

Name: A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!, 2021
Brand: Takashi Murakami
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Takashi Murakami

Medium: hand-signed screenprint

Signature: signed, dated and annotated lower right by Murakami, printed signature 'Fujiko F. Fujio' lower left.

Image size: 19.75 x 19.75"

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"A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!" is a screenprint created by Takashi Murakami in 2021. From the edition of 100, the artwork is signed, dated and annotated lower right by Murakami, printed signature 'Fujiko F. Fujio' lower left. The artwork ships framed and accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.

Takashi Murakami's "A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!, 2021" is a joyful celebration of optimism, imagination, and one of Japan's most cherished cultural icons: "Doraemon." Created as part of Murakami's acclaimed collaboration with the beloved manga and anime character, the screenprint demonstrates the artist's remarkable ability to unite contemporary art with imagery that has shaped generations of popular culture.

Created by Fujiko F. Fujio, "Doraemon" debuted in 1969 and has since become an enduring symbol of childhood wonder. Throughout his career, Murakami has embraced the visual language of manga and anime, arguing that these forms deserve the same critical attention as traditional fine art. His collaboration with Doraemon reflects both admiration for the character and recognition of its profound influence on Japanese visual culture.

The title, "A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!," evokes the limitless optimism that defines the series. Murakami captures this spirit through a brilliantly colored composition that radiates energy and possibility. The expansive blue sky becomes more than a setting—it serves as a metaphor for boundless imagination and an open future as the characters fly through it. As with much of Murakami's work, the image is immediately inviting, yet beneath its cheerful surface lies a thoughtful meditation on memory, aspiration, and the enduring power of childhood ideals.

Produced as a screenprint in 2021, both visually uplifting and culturally significant, "A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!" stands as a compelling example of Murakami's ability to transform a universally recognized icon into a sophisticated and enduring work of contemporary art.

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Details

Medium: hand-signed screenprint
Year: 2021
Edition: 100

Sheet size: 23.62 x 23.62"
Image size: 19.75 x 19.75"

Signature: signed, dated and annotated lower right by Murakami, printed signature 'Fujiko F. Fujio' lower left.

About the Work

About the Artist

Takashi Murakami (b.1962) trained in Nihonga at Tokyo University of the Arts (PhD, 1993). Around 2000 he introduced Superflat, his influential theory linking the planar aesthetics of Japanese art—from Edo screens to manga—to postwar consumer culture. His work has been the subject of major surveys including “©MURAKAMI” (MOCA LA; Brooklyn Museum; MMK Frankfurt; Guggenheim Bilbao, 2007–09), “Lineage of Eccentrics” (MFA Boston, 2017–18), and “Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow” (The Broad, 2022; Cleveland Museum of Art, 2025). He founded Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., a studio-publisher that sustains his large-scale paintings and sculptures and a globally collected print program spanning silkscreens, archival pigment works, and offset lithographs, often enhanced with metallic foils and high-gloss varnishes. Murakami describes his practice as a continual “backcrossing” of historical and pop vocabularies, an art of joyful surfaces and complex memory.

A Blue Sky! Like We Could Go on Forever!, 2021

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