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    Yayoi Kusama : festival of life.

    • Title:Yayoi Kusama : festival of life.
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    • Variant Title:Festival of life
    • Author/Creator:Kusama, Yayoi, artist.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Sorkin, Jenni, writer of added text.
      David Zwirner (Gallery), host institution.
    • Published/Created:New York : David Zwirner Books, [2018]
      ©2018
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Kusama, Yayoi--Exhibitions.
      Women artists--Japan--Exhibitions.
      Art, Japanese--21st century--Exhibitions.
    • Genre/Form:Exhibition catalogs.
    • Description:151 pages : color illustrations ; 33 cm + 1 folded poster (45 x 45 cm folded to 22 x 22 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).
    • Notes: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.
      Includes bibliographical references.
    • ISBN:9781941701812 hardcover
      1941701817 hardcover
    • 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.
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