COLLECTION 2 - AVANT-GARDE

388 KALTBLUT
Well known for her dense patterns of
polka dots and nets, as well as her hallucinatory
large-scale environments,
Yayoi Kusama’s art encompasses an
astonishing variety of media, including
painting, drawing, sculpture, film,
performance, and immersive installation.
Born in Matsumoto, Japan, in
1929, Kusama came to the U.S. and
found herself at the epicenter of the
New York art world in the 1960s, where
she came into contact with such artists
as Donald Judd, Andy Warhol,
Joseph Cornell, and Claes Oldenburg.
After achieving fame and notoriety
with groundbreaking art happenings
and events, she returned to her native
country in 1973 and is now Japan’s
most prominent contemporary artist.
Organized by Tate Modern in collaboration
with the Museo Nacional Centro
de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; the Centre
Pompidou, Paris; and the Whitney,
where the show’s installation is being
overseen by curator David Kiehl.
Accompanied by a major catalogue
and the first English translation of
Kusama’s autobiography, Infinity Net.