Yayoi KUSAMA

YAYOI KUSAMA
Japan b.1929

List of works

Infinity nets 2000
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
160 x 130cm
The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art. Purchased 2001 with funds from The Myer Foundation. A project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899–1999
Gift through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation
Collection: Queensland Art Gallery

Kusama with ‘Love Forever’ buttons, which she distributed at the opening of Kusama’s peep show: endless love show, a mirror-lined environmental installation at Castellane Gallery, New York, 1966
Back-lit digital image
Dimensions variable
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Photograph: Hal Reiff

Soul under the moon 2002
Site-specific work
Dimensions variable
Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002, Queensland Art Gallery
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts and Kusama Studio, Tokyo

Narcissus garden 1966/2002
Site-specific work
Watermall: 1200 x 2400 x 30cm
Mirror balls: approx. 2000, 18cm diameter each
Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art 2002, Queensland Art Gallery
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

Pacific Ocean 1960
Oil on canvas
183 x 183cm
Collection: Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

Kusama’s self obliteration 1968
23 min. 16mm film transferred to DVD
Directed by and starring Yayoi Kusama
Filmed by Jud Yalkut
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo

Self obliteration by dots 1968
Back-lit digital image
Dimensions variable
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Photograph: Hal Reiff

Untitled (Artist reclining on Accumulation no.2 and Infinity nets background, macaroni carpet) c.1966
Back-lit digital image
Dimensions variable
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo
Photograph: Hal Reiff

Walking piece c.1966
Performance, New York
18 colour slides
Collection: The artist
Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo


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