Research Catalog

Title

Yayoi Kusama : festival of life.

Author

Kusama, Yayoi

Publication

• New York : David Zwirner Books, [2018]
• ©2018

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sorkin, Jenni
• David Zwirner (Gallery), host institution.

Description

151 pages : color illustrations; 33 cm +

Summary

In a unique style that is both sensory and utopian, Yayoi Kusama's work - which spans paintings, performances, room-size presentations, sculptural installations, literary works, films, fashion, design and interventions within existing architectural structures - has transcended some of the most important art movements of the second half of the 20th century, including pop art and minimalism. As Roberta Smith wrote in the New York Times, "These paintings form a great big infinity room of their own, but one in which each part is also an autonomous work of art, its own piece of wobbly, handwrought infinity - their vitality is infectious." Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life documents the artist's exhibition at David Zwirner's Chelsea location in New York in late 2017, featuring a selection of paintings from her iconic My Eternal Soul series, new large-scale flower sculptures, a polka-dotted environment and two Infinity Mirror Rooms. The monograph includes new scholarship on the artist by Jenni Sorkin, as well as a special foldout poster. Exhibition: David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA (02.11.-16.12.2017) / Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, USA (09.07.-30.09.2018) / High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA, USA (18.11.2018-17.02.2019).

Alternative Title

Festival of life

Subjects

• Women artists
• Kusama, Yayoi
• Kusama, Yayoi > Exhibitions
• Women artists > Japan > Exhibitions
• Art, Japanese > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Japan

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Note

• Catalog of an exhibition held at David Zwirner, New York, November 2-December 16, 2017.
• Includes essay "Yayoi Kusama's Ornamental Urgency" by Jenni Sorkin.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Yayoi Kusama's ornamental urgency / Jenni Sorkin -- Infinity mirrored room - let's survive forever -- Longing for eternity -- With all my love for the tulips, I pray forever -- My eternal soul/flowers that bloom now -- List of works.

Call Number

JQG 18-1056

ISBN

• 9781941701812
• 1941701817

LCCN

2018938523

OCLC

1028587266

Author

Kusama, Yayoi, artist.

Title

Yayoi Kusama : festival of life.

Publisher

New York : David Zwirner Books, [2018]

Copyright Date

©2018

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references.

Added Author

Sorkin, Jenni, writer of added text.

David Zwirner (Gallery), host institution.

Research Call Number

JQG 18-1056