Art: In the Darkness of Murakami's Mind

I came into the Gagosian Gallery tonight expecting to find a fierce Takashi Murakami rolling from room to room in a plush ball. But this ain't Art Basel, friends.
The artist's four-panel painting, titled Picture of Fate: I Am But a Fisherman Who Angles In the Darkness of His Mind, sure is gigantic & striking.
In this new work, Murakami depicts the legend of the Karajishi or "China-lion", the mythological animal that guards the thresholds of Japanese Buddhist temples, separating sacred precincts from secular areas, averting evil, and promoting happiness and joy.

A lion and skulls... just my style.
Go see for yourself and let me know what you think! The piece will be in New York until Oct 15.