Kusama: Infinity

November 01, 2018 00:04:25
Kusama: Infinity
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Kusama: Infinity

Nov 01 2018 | 00:04:25

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Show Notes

A documentary illuminates the life, and especially the bold work, of the groundbreaking Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is one of the foremost innovators in modern painting and design. One of her work’s most characteristic elements, although by no means her only one, is the dot. Colorful dots fill her canvases and exhibitions, in such profusion that they look like the star-filled universe, or in other words, infinity. In fact, she calls these huge fields of polka dots “infinity nets,” and they are based on visions she had experienced in nature since childhood. This provides the title…

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