Kusama was born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929 where she studied Nihonga painting, a very formal and rigid style, but she was soon drawn to the more experimental art scene in New York, where she moved in 1958. She produced paintings that specialized in minimalist abstraction. She returned to Japan in 1970 where she began to write surreal short stories, but she soon began to return to her art, which became more surreal as well. She created very intense, dizzying installation pieces that were often just rooms full of mirrors or psychedelic polka-dot patterns. Over time, her old paintings as well as her newer works became dominant in the New York art world. "Priestess of Polka Dots"
produced over the second half of the 1960's Kusama produced installation pieces like this that were surreal and psychedelic because she based them off actual hallucinations she had and she wanted to make them tangible. It includes mirror on all sides of the room in order to give the appearance of being infinite. sources www.urdesignmag.com/art/2015/10/12/yayoi-kusamas-exhibition-at-the-louisiana-museum-of-modern-art/ www.gagosian.com/artists/yayoi-kusama more info about Kusama, her process, and her affect on the art world www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZR3nsiIeA 1. What elements/ principles does Kusama emphasize the most in her work? How do these contribute to the content of her work? 2. What makes Kusama's art so unique? How was her work perceived by the art world? 3. What artists do you think Kusama shares characteristics with? Who can you think of that might have been inspired by her?
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