亞洲現代與當代藝術 Modern and Contemporary Asian Art

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Polka dots are signals from the universe. A boundless net represents
her life. The British daily The Times listed Yayoi Kusama among
the Top 200 Artists of the 20th Century to Now. As one of the
most influential avant-garde artists worldwide, Kusama is like her
naked and burning artistic life, gorgeous and dazzling. Each day,
she creates at an amazing speed. Utilizing means such as painting,
sculpture, and performance art, and using surreal psychological
studies, she presents the endless creativity in her head.
Yayoi Kusama utilizes the vibrant pumpkin to unleash a source
of radiant energy. The imperfectly symmetrical pumpkin shape
is more able to manifest the natural true self. Although the
pumpkin appears in a static form, its abundant vitality has not
been diminished. Kusama has been attracted to the round shape
of pumpkins ever since she experienced hallucinations as a child
talking to pumpkins at a farm. She copies their images to her
motifs, eventually leading to her work, Pumpkin. With delicate
brushstrokes, Kusama neatly paints dense black spots on the
pumpkin, arranging the wavy dots into exquisite stripes, and giving
the pumpkin a great level of appeal and energy. She believes
that the wavy dots bear the shape of the sun, serving as a symbol
of vitality and the world. Round, soft, colorful, oblivious, and
unpredictable, the wavy dots have become a kind of movement
that leads to a path of infinity. It is in this simple paranoia that she
escapes her inner spiritual suffering, manifesting her raw illusions
onto the canvas.
Observing the art of Kusama, viewers cannot help but feel an
explosion of surprise and joy due to its visual sensory impact.
However, that strong artistic language serves as the crystallization
of the artist’s personal hardships. Those sufferings did not diminish
her devotion to her art. What is commendable is that she bore that
unbearable suffering, transforming her hallucinations into unique
and strong ideas, erasing them one at a time with her brushstrokes
to create a fascinating space and mood. Examining the painter’s
fantastic spiritual world, they transform into her most dazzling and
popular creations.