Installation view of 69 Arhats Beneath the Bodhi Tree, 2013 (left), Embodiment of "Um", 2014 (centre) and Embodiment of "A", 2014 (right) in Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Vancouver Art Gallery, February 3 to May 6, 2018, © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery

Installation view of 69 Arhats Beneath the Bodhi Tree, 2013 (left), Embodiment of “Um”, 2014 (centre) and Embodiment of “A”, 2014 (right) in Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Vancouver Art Gallery, February 3 to May 6, 2018, © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Photo: Rachel Topham, Vancouver Art Gallery