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Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts.
Sep 25, 2024 · Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her Infinity Mirrored Rooms. She employed painting, sculpture, performance art, and installations in a variety of styles, including Pop art and Minimalism. Read more about her life and career.
Yayoi Kusama’s installation and sculptural works are inspired and informed by her memories of childhood abuse, repression, and trauma, and her ongoing experiences with mental disorder and sexual anxiety.
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts.
Yayoi Kusama was born in 1929, the youngest daughter of family from the mountainous region of Matsumoto in central Japan. Her family made their living from the cultivation of plant seeds. There is still a plant nursery on the site of Kusama’s childhood home.
Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi, born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, and is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts.
Sep 26, 2018 · Yayoi Kusama (Credit: Getty) The Japanese artist famed for her Instagrammable artworks overcame childhood trauma, prejudice and mental illness to become a sensation late in life, writes Cath...
Guided by her unique vision and unparalleled creativity, critically acclaimed artist Yayoi Kusama has been breaking new ground for more than six decades. In 1993, she became the first woman to represent Japan at the Venice Biennale, and last year, Time magazine named her one of the world’s most influential people.
Yayoi Kusama had a breakthrough in 1965 when she produced Infinity Mirror Room—Phalli’s Field. Using mirrors, she transformed the intense repetition of her earlier paintings and works on paper into a perceptual experience.
Yayoi Kusama. Avant-garde artist and novelist. Born in 1929 in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture. From a young age, Yayoi Kusama experienced visual and auditory hallucinations, and began creating net and polka-dot pattern pictures.
