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Yayoi Kusama

In this book--created in close collaboration with Kusama and her Tokyo studio--the breadth and import of this watershed artist's career are considered in depth. In addition to studies of the development of her artistic vocabularies across different media, the book includes ephemera, sketches, and photographs from the artist's extensive archive that have never been seen before. The publication is timed to coincide with the artist's major touring retrospective, which makes its American debut at the Whitney Museum in New York in summer 2012, as well as with the much-anticipated collaboration with powerhouse fashion brand Louis Vuitton. This book comes in three different color patterns (all with the same cover design).--From publisher description.

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  • "Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Modern, London, 26 May - 2 October 2011."
  • "Overzicht van het werk van de Japanse kunstenares (1929- )."
  • "In this book--created in close collaboration with Kusama and her Tokyo studio--the breadth and import of this watershed artist's career are considered in depth. In addition to studies of the development of her artistic vocabularies across different media, the book includes ephemera, sketches, and photographs from the artist's extensive archive that have never been seen before. The publication is timed to coincide with the artist's major touring retrospective, which makes its American debut at the Whitney Museum in New York in summer 2012, as well as with the much-anticipated collaboration with powerhouse fashion brand Louis Vuitton. This book comes in three different color patterns (all with the same cover design).--From publisher description."@en
  • ""Yayoi Kusama is one of Japan's most famous living artists. Her originality, innovation and sheer drive to make art have propelled her through a career that has spanned six decades, encompassing painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and video, performance, installation and even product design. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Kusama lived in New York, and was at the forefront of many artistic innovations in the city, becoming close with artists such as Donald Judd, Andy Warhol, Joseph Cornell and Claes Oldenburg, and influencing many others along the way. It was in these years that Kusama was dubbed "the Polka Dot Princess," for her obsessive use of polka dots in installations and happenings. Returning to Japan in her forties, she rebuilt her career, waiting years for the international recognition that she has recently achieved. Now in her ninth decade, Kusama's imagination remains fertile and productive, as she continues to devise dazzling installations and relentlessly hand-paints her ongoing series of minutely detailed figurative fantasy paintings. Accompanying the first major retrospective exhibition of the artist's work in the U.S., this volume features a wealth of works from all periods in Kusama's career, as well as essays by various international curators and critics, discussing Kusama's years in New York, her career after her return to Japan, her installation works and the psychoanalytic import of her art. Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929. She left Japan for New York at the age of 28, following a correspondence with Georgia O'Keeffe, and was soon participating in the city's 1960s wave of happenings and avant-garde activities. In 1973, Kusama returned to Japan and began writing surrealistic novels and poetry. On November 12, 2008, Christies New York sold a work by her for $5.1 million, a record for a living female artist."--Publisher's website."
  • "Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is arguably Japan's most famous living artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that has spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama has explored painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and video, performance and installation, as well as product design. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Kusama lived in New York and was at the forefront of many artistic innovations in the city. Returning to Japan in her forties, she rebuilt her career, waiting years for the international recognition she has recently achieved. Now in her eightieth year, she continues to make art, extending the range of her large-scale, dazzling installations and relentlessly hand-painting extensive series of minutely detailed figurative fantasy paintings. Kusama has exhibited widely around the world, including representing Japan at the Venice Biennale, and her work is in many major collections. Accompanying the first major retrospective exhibition of the artist's work to be staged in the UK, this lavishly illustrated book features an introductory essay by Tate curator Frances Morris as well as four other substantial essays by leading international critics. Topics covered include Kusama's time in New York, her career after her return to Japan, her installation works and an exploration of her art from a psychoanalytical point of view."

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  • "Yayoi Kusama [travelling exhibition, Europe, Etats-Unis, 2011-2012]"
  • "Yayoi Kusama [this edition published on the occasion of "Yayoi Kusama", 10 February - 5 April 2012] [Vol. 2]"
  • "Yayoi Kusama [this edition published on the occasion of "Yayoi Kusama", 10 February - 5 April 2012] [Vol. 1]"
  • "Yayoi Kusama"@en
  • "Yayoi Kusama"
  • "Yayoi Kusama : [Reina Sofia Madrid, 10 May - 12 September 2011; ... Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 12 July - 30 September 2012]"
  • "Yayoi Kusama [this edition published on the occasion of "Yayoi Kusama", 10 February - 5 April 2012]"
  • "Yayoi Kusama : [on the occasion of the exhibition ... Reina Sofía, Madrid, 10 May - 12 September 2011 ; Centre Pompidou, Paris, 10 October 2011 - 9 January 2012 ; Tate Modern, London, 9 February - 5 June 2012 ; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 12 July - 30 September 2012]"
  • "Yayoi Kusama : [Exhibition at Tate Modern, London, 9.2. - 5.6.2012...]"

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