YAYOI KUSAMA

BIOGRAPHY

Dubbed the "Princess of the Polka" Artist and Japanese writer, born on March 22, 1929 in Matsumoto (Nagano) in an upper middle class family of seed merchants. Kusama started creating art from a very early age what led her to study Nihonga (Japanese-style paintings) in Kyoto. Frustrated with this Japanese style became interested in the avant-garde American and European In 1957 he moved to the United States, settling in New York City where he produced a series of paintings influenced by abstract expressionism

The disease has been present in the life and work of Kusama. Since childhood he has had mental problems, hallucinatory episodes that have served as inspiration throughout production. Throughout his career, he has worked with a variety of media including: painting, collage, sculpture, performance art and installations, most of which exhibit his thematic interest in psychedelia, repetition and patterns. It is a precursor to the movements of pop art, minimalism and feminist art. It is recognized today as one of the most important artists of Japan and a very important avant-garde voice.in the early 1960s it was associated with the Pop Art movement. Kusama drew public attention when he organized a series of happenings in which she painted naked participants with spots of bright colors.

YAYOI KUSAMA

HIS WORK

Everyday objectsShe began covering surfaces (walls, floors, and later household objects and naked bodies) with moles which would become the personal brand of their work.

Large fields of moles or "infinite networks" as she called them, were taken directly from her hallucinations.His first large-scale series, Infinite Networks, were completely covered in a sequence of networks and lunar alluding to his hallucinations.

Sculptures

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Despite the attention to detail the drawings quickly finished and bagged, setting a rate of productivity even maintained. It also established other habits, such as being photographed with their new jobs.