Research Catalog

Title

Yayoi Kusama : every day I pray for love : art and collected poetry / Yayoi Kusama ; editor, Anne Wehr.

Author

Kusama, Yayoi,

Publication

• New York, New York : David Zwirner Books, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• David Zwirner (Gallery)
• Wehr, Anne,

Description

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; portraits; 20 cm

Summary

"In her most personal book to date, Yayoi Kusama brings us into her private world through poetic recollections, giving insight into her creative process and the essential role language plays in her work and daily life. With a new focus on Kusama's use of language, this book gives an impressive overview of her poetry, which the artist creates alongside her work in other media. Highlighting the importance of language to Kusama, the book draws special attention to the captivating poetic titles of her paintings, such as in I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE INFINITE SPLENDOR OF STARDUST IN THE UNIVERSE and FIGURE OF THE MIDNIGHT DARKNESS OF THE UNIVERSE THAT I DEDICATED ALL MY HEART. These visionary titles are a quintessential part of Kusama's eye-catching artworks, but also hold their own as unique aphorisms and appealing statements of cosmic spirituality. The poetry collected here touches on Kusama's personal triumphs and trials, her human ideals, and her heroic pursuit of art and peace above all else." --

Alternative Title

Every day I pray for love

Subject

• Art
• Japan
• Kusama, Yayoi > Exhibitions
• Poetry
• Women artists > Japan > Exhibitions
• Women artists

Genre/Form

• Ausstellungskatalog – Gallery David Zwirner – 09.11.2019-14.12.2019 – New York, NY.
• Bildband.
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Poetry.

Note

• Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at David Zwirner, New York, November 9-December 14, 2019.

Call Number

N7359.K87

ISBN

• 9781644230459
• 1644230453

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries