Placeholder text

Go to cart

Infinity Net

By Yayoi Kusama

Infinity Net Social Sciences

Infinity Net

By Yayoi Kusama

0 - Default Title
Description
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama presents Infinity Net, a remarkable memoir that reveals her to be a fascinating figure, channeling her obsessive neurosis into an art that transcends cultural barriers. Yayoi Kusama arrived in New York in 1957, a poverty-stricken artist from postwar Japan, and quickly established herself as a leader of the city's vibrant avant-garde movement. Known for her massive, hypnotically repetitive "Infinity Net" paintings, her provocative "happenings," and the signature polka dots that would become her global trademark, Kusama has channeled her obsessive neurosis into an art that transcends cultural barriers. Infinity Net paints a vivid, multilayered portrait of this fascinating artist. Taking us from her restrictive childhood to her groundbreaking years in New York-where she collaborated with Andy Warhol, shared an apartment with Donald Judd, and became close with Joseph Cornell-this memoir offers profound insight into the personal struggles and hallucinatory episodes that have continually informed her work. Candidly describing the sheer pluck and drive required to make her artistic voice heard, Kusama also recounts her voluntary return to Japan in the 1970s and her subsequent choice to reside in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo, where she has continued to produce an astonishing, globally celebrated body of work, from sculptures and videos to dizzying walk-in installations and iconic polka-dot pumpkins. Replete with the sense of the sheer necessity within an artist to create, this energetic and deeply personal page-turner offers a rare glimpse into Kusama's exhilarating world and the transformative power of art. Includes black-and-white illustrations
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
240
Release Date:
2015-08-04
Publication Date:
2015-08-04
Publisher:
Harry N. Abrams
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1849762139
ISBN13:
9781849762137
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
420 g
Height:
154 cm
Width:
233 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out