A major career survey of Yayoi Kusama one of the most widely admired and popular artists of
our time published in collaboration with M+ museum Hong Kong. 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. Now in her nineties
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. The volume is
structured around six thematic sections ?Infinity' ?Accumulation' ?The Biocosmic' ?Radical
Connectivity' ?Death' and ?Joy of Life' each of which is intended to elucidate the aesthetic
and philosophical concerns at the heart of the artist's oeuvre. This book features
selections from Kusama's hitherto unpublished writings as well as correspondence with Georgia
O'Keeffe an interview with critic and curator Yoshie Yoshida and a roundtable discussion from
leading curators and Kusama experts. Also included are essays exploring different aspects of
her practice and a detailed illustrated chronology that places her life's work in context.
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.
