Takashi Murakami: the pop artist on cartoons, capitalism and what he learnt from Star Wars

The Japanese artist, whose latest show is about to open in San Francisco, explains the connection between his colourful, graphic aesthetic and his darker influences, including natural disasters and the effects of the pandemic

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