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Hi, Konnichiwa: Yayoi Kusama Art Book
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Japanese Painter, Sculptor, Writer, Installation And Performance Artist Yayoi Kusama Has Been In The Vanguard Of Contemporary Art For Sixty Years. Best Known For Her Use Of Patterns Of Dots (Which She Claims Evolved From The Hallucinations Shes Had Since Childhood), Kusama, Now 84 Years Old, Is Finally Getting The International Recognition She Deserves.Hi, Konnichiwa Brings Together Kusamas Vivid Imagery And Haunting Words With Photos Of The Artist At Work And At Various Stages In Her Life. The Pieces Are Mostly From Recent Years (20002012), Although There Are Some That Go Back As Far As The 1950S. Here Are Kusamas Largescale Canvases, Environmental Sculptures, Multimedia Installations, And Numerous Selfportraits. Here, Too, Are Photos Of The Artist At Ten Years Old, And As A Young Woman In Tokyo And Then New York, Often Wearing Outrageous Clothes Of Her Own Design. And We See Yayoi Kusama In Recent Years, Working In Her Studio In Tokyominus The Garish Makeup And Red Wig. The Book Is A Chronicle Of Her Creative Endeavors And Of Her Life, Offering A Glimpse Into The Fevered Imagination Of This Very Complicated And Fascinating Woman.Yayoi Kusama Was Born In 1929 In Japan, And From An Early Age, Suffered From Hallucinations, Which She Maintains Inspired The Visual Language She Continues To Use Today. At Art School In Kyoto, She First Began To Experiment With The Subversive Themes That Became Her Trademark. After Leaving School, Kusama Had A Period Of Intense Productivity, And By 1955, Was Gaining Prominence As An Artist In Japan.In 1958, Yayoi Kusama Moved To New York, Where She Was One Of The Pioneers Of The Pop Art And Performance Art Movements. She Became A Darling Of The Media, Promoting Free Sex And Antiwar Activism. She Started Kusama Fashion Company, Which Was Quite Successfulher Clothes Sold In Hundreds Of Stores Including Bloomingdalesby The 1970S, The Earlier Energy And Excitement Of The New York Art Scene Had Subsided. In 1973, Kusama Went Back To Japan, And In 1977, Took Up Residence In A Psychiatric Hospital, Where She Still Lives. She Built A Large Studio Nearby And Continues To Work There.While She Certainly Didnt Fade Into Obscurity, Yayoi Kusama Moved Out Of The Spotlight. The Last Few Years, However, Have Seen Renewed Interest In Her Work. In 2008, Christies Sold A Painting For $5.1 Million, Then A Record For A Living Female Artist. A Major Retrospective Opened At The Whitney Museum In New York In Summer 2013; And At The Same She Kusama Collaborated With Marc Jacobs For Louis Vuitton Collection Featuring Her Polka Dots. Kusama Recently Signed With A New Gallery In New York, And A Solo Show Is Planned For Fall 2013.
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