Image series 24 / 2021: Yayoi Kusama
Encounters with Infinity
13 June 2021
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By: Bettina Pfleging
Since the 1960s, Yayoi Kusama has been one of the best-known contemporary artists. Her multifaceted oeuvre, which includes performance, happenings, painting, fashion and activism, spans seven decades with two consistent principles in the form of shapes, colours and figures: the layering of what could be and the exploration of what can be sensually experienced. Most of the works are messengers of infinity, of a vastness that engulfs the individual.
Yayoi Kusama’s irrepressible creative urge, from early pastels to brightly coloured acrylic paintings of recent times, is shown in all its breadth in the retrospective and illustrates the relevance of her activity in today’s art world.
„Yayoi Kusama: A Retrospective. A Bouquet of Love I Saw in the Universe“
23 April to 15 August 2021, Gropius Bau, Berlin
Yayoi Kusama. Driving Image, Detail, Ausschnitt, 1959 – 64, Sewn stuffed fabric, wood, canvas, mannequins, household objects, paint, macaroni carpet, soundtrack; Bildarchiv, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Yayoi Kusama. Bügeleisen, 1963, verschiedene Materialien, 111,8 × 142,2 × 69,9 cm; Imago, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte, Humboldt-Universität Berlin
Yayoi Kusama. Infinity mirror room – Thalli’s field, Ausschnitt, 1965, New York; Iconothèque, Université de Genève, Bibliothèque d’art et d’archéologie
Yayoi Kusama. Petalo, Japanischer Pavillon, 1986, gemischtes Material, 90 × 90 cm; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Yayoi Kusama. Dietro l’Infanzia Illusoria, Japanischer Pavillon, 1988, Boot mit einem Ruderpaar, gemischtes Material, 80 × 340 × 160 cm; ConedaKOR Frankfurt, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Yayoi Kusama. Pumpkin, 1994, Plastic, polyurethane paint, 200 × 250 × 250 cm, Kagawa; Bildarchiv, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
Yayoi Kusama. Infinity Mirrored Room, Ausschnitt, 1996, Rostfreier Stahl, Spiegel, Glühbirnen, 200 × 107 × 101,9 cm, New York; DILPS, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Kunstgeschichtliches Institut, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Yayoi Kusama. Dots Osession, Ausschnitt, 1998, Inflatable vinyl environment, Dimensions variable; Bildarchiv, Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden
