YAYOI KUSAMA:: 1945 TO NOW

Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to now 

 "What does living a life mean? I lose myself in this thought every time I create artwork." "Dissolution and accumulation; propagation and separation; particulate obliteration and unseen reverberations from the universe - these were to become the foundations of my art, and they were already taking shape at this time.! 

 Japanese artist and writer Yayoi Kusama ( 1929, Matsumoto, Nagano)is a singular figure who has been revered by art historians for her pioneering career that spans multiple art movements from the 1960s to the present and has achieved the status of a global cultural icon. Over the last seven decades, Kusama has pursued her avant-garde vision with conviction and perfected her personal aesthetic, which reflects her philosophy of life. 

 This exhibition focuses on the existential questions that drive Kusama's creative explorations. Through paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and archival materials documenting her happenings and performances, this exhibition, offers an in-depth survey of Kusama's work from her first drawing as a teeneger during World War II to her most recent immersive, mirrored installations. Organized chronologically and thematically, this exhibition addresses six key themes that recur throughout the artist's life: Infinity, Accumulation, Radical Connectivity, Biocosmic, Death, and Force of Life. These interrelated themes have recurred and evolved within the obsessive universe of Kusama , who has been valiantly agitating the art scene and society for decades to promote "the healing of all mankind".

From 07/27/2023 to 10/08/2023

Guggenheim Bilbao

GUGGENHEIM BILBAO

 

Richard Serra

Jeff Koons

Gilbert and George

Jean Michel Basquiat, 

Mark Rothko

Yayoi Kusama

Oskar Kokoschka

Louis Boureois

Guggenheim by Frank Gehry

INFINITY DOTS

Camicia seta pois '80, pantalone H&M, cappello La Coppola Storta, scarpe Fornarina, occhiali D&G

Polka dots silk blouse 80's, H&M trousers, La Coppola Storta hat, Fornarina shoes, D&G sunglasses  

    

YAYOI KUSAMA FOR LOUIS VUITTON

 "La vita è un punto perso tra milioni di altri punti" (Y.Kusama)
Con la mostra al Whitney Museum è coinciso anche il lancio della collezione "Louis Vuittons-Yayoi Kusama". La collezione che si è avuta grazie alla collaborazione della regina dei pois con Marc Jacobs, interpreta i valori più emblematici della produzione dell'artista (i pois, la rete infinita, i nervi bimorfici, i fiori e le zucche). Le ossessioni di Yayoi travolgeranno abiti, accessori e le vetrine degli store Loius Vuittons di tutto il mondo!
"Life is a dot lost among millions of other dots" (Y.Kusama)
The launch of the collection "Louis Vuittons-Yayoi Kusama" coincided with the opening of the Kusama exhibition at the Whitney Museum. The collection, originated from the collaboration between Marc Jacobs and the queen of polka dots, interprets the most emblematic works of the artist's (the polka dots, the infinitive nets, the biomorphic nerves, flower and pumpkins).  The obsessions of Yayoi overwhelm clothes, accessories and the windows of Louis Vuittons worldwide stores!      

 Louis Vuitton store window in Rome

Related Article:
http://scostumista.blogspot.it/2012/10/dots-infinity.html

DOTS INFINITY

CLOSET CASTLE di Annapaola Brancia d'Apricena

Renewed findings from the coffer of a castle
Dal baule di un castello ritrovamenti  e riadattamenti

Camicia de seta a pois anni '80
Polka dots blouse 80's

                                     YAYOI KUSAMA   

Si è appena conclusa la retrospettiva su Yayoi Kusama al Whitney Museum of  American Art a New York. L'artista dei pois presenta il suo lavoro artistico attraverso la sua personale narrativa fatta di pois, di arte, letteratura e tutto ciò che la rappresenta e che ha creato.
Yayoi Kusama ha lavorato in molti campi dei media, dal disegno, alla scultura, dai film, alla moda  alle performance.
Nata in Giappone nel 1929, approda negli Stati Uniti nel 1957, e presto entra a far parte della scena avant-garde di New York. Torna in Giappone nel 1973 e dal 1977 vive per sua scelta in un ospedale psichiatrico.

 Has just ended the Kusama's retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. The artist's polka dots presented her artwork and her personal narrative as one and the same, her dots, her art, literally manifest themselves on everything she sees, creates, is.
Yayoi Kusama works in a variety of media, including, drawing, sculpture, film, fashion, performance.
Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama came to United States in 1957 and quickly found herself at the epicenter of the New York avant-garde. She returned to Japan in 1973,since 1977 she lives voluntarily in a psychiatric institution. 

Related Article:   
http://scostumista.blogspot.it/2012/10/infinity-dots.html