yayoi kusama japanese artist writer and creeper. kusama family 1930s
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Yayoi KusamaJAPANESE ARTIST WRITER AND CREEPER
Kusama Family 1930’s
Yayoi Kusama 1939 age 10Kusama standing in front of Zammu, or Lingering Dream, selected for the Second Creative Arts Exhibition in Nagano, 1951
Courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio, Inc
Corpses1950Oil on Canvas
Kusama’s art work from the early 1950’s
Leaves
1954
Yayoi Kusama in her room at her parents’ house, 1957
“Infinity Nets”Yayoi painting in her New York Studio, 1958
“No. 2” 1959.
Painted canvas black, then white washed it and painted white “nets”Sold in November 2008 for almost $5.75 Million; highest price paid for living female artist’s work
More Infinity Nets
“With out beginning, end or center” -Yayoi Kusama
Canvases were sometimes replaced by walls, floors, ceilings, sculptures and people
Flames
“Bust Out Happening”
Sheep MeadowCentral Park
1969
“Obliteration by dots” 1960’s
Kasuma Fashions1970
“Self Portrait” 1999
Naoshima Island, Japan1994
