Kusama, Yayoi, 1929-
Variant namesYayoi Kusama (born March 22, 1929, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan), Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation, but is also active in painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, Art Brut, pop art, and abstract expressionism, and is infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She has been acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan.
Kusama was raised in Matsumoto, and trained at the Kyoto School of Arts and Crafts in a traditional Japanese painting style called nihonga. Kusama was inspired, however, by American Abstract impressionism. She moved to New York City in 1958 and was a part of the New York avant-garde scene throughout the 1960s, especially in the pop-art movement. Embracing the rise of the hippie counterculture of the late 1960s, she came to public attention when she organized a series of happenings in which naked participants were painted with brightly colored polka dots. Since the 1970s, Kusama has continued to create art, most notably installations in various museums around the world.
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creatorOf | Kusama, Yayoi, 1929-. Artist file. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
referencedIn | Kate Millett papers, 1912-2002 and undated, bulk 1951-2001 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
creatorOf | Nanae Momiyama papers | Archives of American Art | |
creatorOf | KUSAMA, YAYOI. Artist file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) | |
referencedIn | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.). Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1868. 1998 : Archives pamphlet file : miscellaneous uncataloged material. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
referencedIn | Howard Somers Conant papers | Archives of American Art | |
referencedIn | Brooklyn Museum. Listening to pictures : interviews. | Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives | |
referencedIn | Public Art Fund Archive, 1966-2009 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Kusama, Yayoi : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library | |
referencedIn | Public Art Fund Archive, 1966-2009 | Fales Library & Special Collections | |
creatorOf | Kusama, Yayoi, 1929-. Self-obliteration, 1968. | Getty Research Institute | |
referencedIn | Nanae Momiyama papers | Archives of American Art |
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referencedIn | Oral history interview with Frank S. Okada | Archives of American Art |
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associatedWith | Conant, Howard Somers, 1921- | person |
associatedWith | Millett, Kate | person |
associatedWith | Momiyama, Nanae, 1924-2002. | person |
associatedWith | Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.) | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Nanae Momiyama | person |
associatedWith | Okada, Frank S. (Frank Sumio), 1931-2000, | person |
associatedWith | Public Art Fund. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | Yalkut, Jud. | person |
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