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 he
Artist Yayoi Kusama Responsible for some of the most Instagrammable art of our times, Kusama creates bold, graphic sculptures of pumpkins, flora and slithering unidentified creatures, as well as bewitching Infinity Mirrored Rooms, featuring repeating displays of light and colour. Her pieces have a ...
Still, the tone and energy of “Kusama – Infinity” are far from bleak. Despite the artist’s lifelong struggle with mental illness, addressed from what you might call a generous distance, it’s an openly energetic story, capturing the independence, invention, playfulness, and unabashed desire...
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