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At 97, Japan's art icon Yayoi Kusama is Instagram-ready

Deutsche Welle · · 1002 words · By Katharina Abel
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“Yayoi Kusama is one of Japan's foremost contemporary artists.”
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“She is known for her Instagramable 'Infinity Rooms' — immersive installations that use mirrors, lights and reflective surfaces to create the illusion of endless space.”
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“She has attributed her early hallucinations to the psychological strain of growing up with an unloving mother who forbade her from painting.”
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“Kusama has learned to live with her hallucinations and channel them into her art.”
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“Her artwork is an expression of her life, particularly of her mental disease.”
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“Kusama attended the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts and held her first exhibitions in her hometown of Matsumoto.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyoto City University of Arts (京都市立芸術大学, Kyōtogeidai) (京都芸大/Kyoto Univ. of Arts). The official abbreviated name is Kyōgei. is a public, municipal university of general art and music in Kyoto, Japan.…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of Japanese artists. This list is intended to encompass Japanese who are primarily fine artists. For information on those who work primarily in film, television, advertising, manga, ani…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi; born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. She is also active in painting, performance, video art, fash…
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“She was unusually open about her mental health at a time when such topics were heavily stigmatized.”
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“Her escape to New York was prompted by her parents' attempts to arrange marriages with men from specific families.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Self-Portrait is a 2010 digital photograph by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, held at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The work depicts the artist's face surrounded by characteristic motifs such as polka…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi; born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. She is also active in painting, performance, video art, fash…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yayoi Kusama Museum is a contemporary art museum in Tokyo, Japan, dedicated to the work of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The museum is located in the Shinjuku Ward, in the western suburbs of T…
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“Kusama moved to New York in 1958 with her mother's financial support, on the condition she never return to Japan.”
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi; born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. She is also active in painting, performance, video art, fash…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States during the mid-to late 1950s. The movement presented a challenge to traditions of fine art by including imagery from…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Self-Portrait is a 2010 digital photograph by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, held at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The work depicts the artist's face surrounded by characteristic motifs such as polka…
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“Georgia O'Keeffe helped Kusama gain a foothold in the US after she sent her works to her.”
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“Kusama's 'Infinity Net' paintings drew attention for their hypnotic, repetitive patterns.”
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“Her works paralleled approaches of contemporaries like Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg.”
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“Kusama's male contemporaries were more commercially successful than her, contributing to her attempted suicide.”
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“Her sculpture 'Traveling Life' (1964) features a ladder covered in phallic shapes with women's shoes on the steps.”
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“Kusama staged 'Narcissus Garden' at the Venice Biennale in 1966, placing 1,500 mirrored spheres on the lawn.”
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“Kusama returned to the Venice Biennale as an officially invited artist in 1993 representing Japan.”
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“She told the Financial Times she wanted 'to become more famous, even more famous.'”
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“The Broad museum in Los Angeles sold 90,000 advance tickets for a Kusama exhibition in 2018.”
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“Kusama returned to Japan in 1973 and lives in a psychiatric clinic in Tokyo receiving treatment.”
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“The Museum Ludwig in Cologne is showing the retrospective 'Yayoi Kusama' until August 2, 2026.”
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