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A major career survey of Yayoi Kusama, one of the most widely
admired and popular artists of our time, published in collaboration
with M+, Hong Kong, to accompany M+'s first Special Exhibition,
Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, from 12 November 2022 to 14 May 2023.
Yayoi Kusama is that rare thing: an artist who has achieved truly
global acclaim. In a wide-ranging career spanning seven decades and
multiple media, she has established profound connections with
audiences around the world. Emerging at the forefront of artistic
experimentation in Asia in the mid-20th century, Kusama soon became
a central figure in the New York art scene of the 1960s. Today,
Kusama continues to communicate her highly personal and spiritual
world view through her art. Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now is the most
comprehensive survey of her work to date. Structured around six
thematic sections, 'Infinity', 'Accumulation', 'The Biocosmic',
'Radical Connectivity', 'Death' and 'Force of Life', the volume
elucidates the aesthetic and philosophical concerns at the heart of
the artist's oeuvre. In addition to a selection of Kusama's
writings, some of which have never been published before, the book
features correspondence with Georgia O'Keeffe, an interview with
critic and curator Yoshie Yoshida, and a roundtable discussion
among leading authorities in the field. Also included are
curatorial essays exploring different aspects of Kusama's practice,
and a detailed visual chronology of her life. Appealing not only to
those already familiar with Kusama and her work, but also to anyone
discovering it for the first time, this monograph reveals an artist
who, while shaped by international artistic currents, remains
deeply connected to the traditions and culture of her native Japan.
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Yoshitomo Nara (Hardcover)
Yoshitomo Nara; Edited by Mika Yoshitake; Text written by Michael Govan, Yoshitomo Nara
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R1,277
Discovery Miles 12 770
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Mika Tajima (Hardcover)
Mika Tajima; Introduction by Mika Yoshitake; Text written by Smith
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R1,152
Discovery Miles 11 520
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Experience the brilliant artist's lifelong obsession with nature
and immersion in gardens, a bedrock of her hugely influential work.
Yayoi Kusama's work is the product of an infinite curiosity and
obsessive drive to create. Throughout the artist's long and varied
career, there is one persistent yet little-studied through line-her
deep engagement with nature. From early sketches depicting flowers
at her family's plant nursery in Japan, to her most recent
monumental sculptures of botanical forms poised to take flight,
Kusama consistently calls our attention to the patterns,
connections, and cycles of living things that are not always
visible. KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is the accompanying catalogue to the
first comprehensive exploration of the artist's enduring
fascination with the natural world, exhibited across the 250-acre
landscape of The New York Botanical Garden. The exhibition examines
her lifelong awareness and attunement to nature, which serves not
merely as a source of inspiration, but is an integral source of
power for her artistic language. This profound life force pervades
all of Kusama's work, from studies of the molecular to
contemplations of the universal, resulting in a transcendent,
cosmic nature. Exhibition guest curator Mika Yoshitake, an
independent scholar specializing in postwar Japanese art, and
Joanna L. Groarke, NYBG exhibitions curator, catalogue co-editors,
bring together essays by art historians, curators, and a scientist,
who each present unique interpretations of Kusama's engagement with
the natural world. Featuring more than 120 drawings, paintings,
sculptures, and archival photographs, including stunning views of
the works displayed in NYBG's gardens and galleries, KUSAMA: Cosmic
Nature offers a new perspective on one of the world's most
celebrated contemporary artists.
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