Yayoi KUSAMA b. 1929, Japan Yayoi Kusama has been working as a painter, sculptor and environmental artist for the last 50 years. She has been extremely influential and is undoubtedly one of the most significant post-war artists to emerge from Asia. Born in Matsumoto, Kusama moved from Japan to the USA in 1957 where she lived and worked for fifteen years, participating in the politically charged artistic environment in New York. She returned to Tokyo in 1973 where her practice has continued unabated. Kusama explores the motif of the infinity net in her work through various materials and forms. This recurring interest is traced to her early childhood experiences and Kusama discusses the net as a ‘screen’ that protects her from the world, as a device through which her perception of the world is mediated, and also as a metaphor for the dynamic and all-encompassing nature of life. These net images, which proliferate in her paintings and sculptures, led to the development of the infinity mirror rooms. These celebrated installations continue Kusama’a reflection on the vastness of life, its infinite scale - its intangibility.
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