Yayoi Kusama: Revised & expanded edition

The paper cover of the hard cover was slightly damaged but It’s fine.

Hermoso lo ame

AMAZING!!! Just Perfect!

We saw Kusama’s Infinity Room Installations at the Cleveland Museum of Art and in Kyoto. While this book did not document the full arc of her Infinity room series, It is her most thorough retrospective. The images are extensive with good color reproduction. And the critical articles and biographical narratives fully situate Kusama in the multiple decades of her work, from Pop 60s at Warhol’s Factory, to her personal form of minimalism marked by her obsessive preoccupation with phallus’ and vaginal holes. The holes dissolve into infinities, moving beyond simple dual sexual representation. I believe this reflects Kusamas underlying personal dissolution as an individual suffering from schizophrenia From concerns about libidinal struggles to one of merger (and spatial immersion). Regardless, Kusamas work is multifaceted and her current installations are greatly informed by her past artistic trajectory. For this reason alone, you should get this book to really appreciate her work as resolving her mental health by universalizing her spiritual quest for health. From her earliest age, Kusama has never been part of this world, yet she leaves a body of work which guides others to greater glories beyond this world. In her Infinity Rooms, this world flows into the stars of heaven, but we can only understand this path by following hers. This book does just that. It is a solid Kusama roadmap. High,y recommend. And by Phaidon proess too. Worthy of being on your art shelf.

Ich benötigte dieses Buch als Inspirationsquelle für ein Studienprojekt. Die hochwertigen Fotografien werden mit viel Informationen ergänzt. Leider kann ich nicht beurteilen, in wie weit das Gesamtwerk der Künstlerin in dem Buch abgebildet ist, jedoch war es für meine Zwecke ausreichend.