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It include a collection of never before published poems, notes, letters, and interviews that will give readers a personal glimpse inside the life of kusama. The artist who made us go dotty for her immersive, outthere, groundbreaking art is celebrated in this revised monograph. It includes an interview with the artist by the japanese poet and critic, akira tatehata. The best books for art lovers around the world culture trip. Born in 1929 in matsumoto, japan, kusama briefly studied painting in kyoto before moving to new york city in the late 1950s. Infinity mirrors book online at best prices in india on. Yayoi kusama revised and expanded edition phaidon contemporary artist series taft. Where to buy yayoi kusama x louis vuitton bag hypebae.
Buy a cheap copy of yayoi kusama contemporary artists book by yayoi kusama. In the latest addition to phaidons contemporary artists series, kusama. Lastly, the phaidon book provides a glimpse into the inner workings of kusamas world. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. In 1968, in a press release issued to promote an alice in wonderlandthemed nude happening in central park, the japaneseborn artist yayoi kusama wrote, like alice, who went through the lookingglass, i, kusama, who have lived for years in my famous, speciallybuilt room entirely covered by mirrors, have opened up a world of fantasy and freedom. Give me love documents the artists most recent exhibition at david zwirner, new york, which marked the us debut of the obliteration room, an allwhite interior that viewers were invited to cover with dot stickers of various sizes and colors. Published in 2017 by phaidon press, it is available from amazon at circa 72 eur and even less than half that for a used book. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, art brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is. Yayoi kusama was born on march 22, 1929, in matsumoto city, japan. Yayoi kusama s work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century.
This impressive book puts a new twist on collating art history in one place. Kusama is internationally renowned for her groundbreaking work on themes such as infinity, selfimage, sexuality, and compulsive repetition. She employed painting, sculpture, performance art, and installations in a variety of styles, including pop art and minimalism. After releasing a book of her work in the early 2000s, publisher phaidon is set to bring out an updated and expanded book about legendary japanese artist yayoi kusama later this year.
Yayoi kusama covers her paintings in hundreds and hundreds of dots. Well known for putting colorful polkadots on every imaginable surface, she has also used lights and mirrors to create her artistic environment, and her naked body has been a canvas, as well as a tool for political protest kusama was born in 1929 and had her first solo show in 1952, but her artwork is still poignantly fresh. Featuring 180 works spanning different media and dating from the 1930s to the present day, yayoi kusama. The japanese artist exhibited her first signature infinity net paintinga large canvas covered with a hypnotic array of little dotsin new york city in 1959. Yayoi kusama covered everything in dots and wasnt sorry. Yayoi kusama, kusama yayoi, born march 22, 1929 is a japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. And, for the first time, a collection of poems by kusama are published to accompany the. Yayoi kusama is a contemporary japanese artist working across painting, sculpture, film, and installation. Nov 08, 2017 yayoi kusama revised and expanded edition phaidon contemporary artist series taft, catherine, hoptman, laura, tatehata, akira, kultermann, udo on. Udo kultermann a comprehensive overview of the visionary work of the japanese artist. This monograph documents the work of japanese sculptor and performance artist yayoi kusama, internationally noted for her soft sculptures and psychedelic installations.
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