Yayoi Kusama Biography
Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto, March 22, 1929) is a Japanese artist. Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto in 1929. She studied Nihonga painting, a style of great formal rigor. In 1958 she moved to New York, attracted by the experimental potential of the art scene of the time. In 1959 he created his first works in the Infinity Net series, large canvases almost ten meters long. In the 1960s he dedicated himself to the development of new works of art, for example Accumulatium or Sex Obsession. Starting in 1966, Kusama created numerous provocative and risqué performances, painting the participants' bodies with polka dots or making them "enter" her works. He returned to Japan in 1973, where he began writing surreal poetry and novels. Recently the artist continues to represent the infinite through sculptures in the round and rooms accessible to visitors. In 1993 he produced a dazzling hall of mirrors for the Venice Biennale with pumpkins inserted, which became his alter ego. From this moment Kusama invents other commissioned works, mostly giant flowers or colorful plants. His works are exhibited in various important museums worldwide in permanent exhibitions, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Tate Modern in London and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. Since 1977, Kusama has lived in the Seiwa psychiatric hospital in Japan, by personal choice. He paints almost daily in his studio in Shinjuku.
