An iconic figure in the world of modern art, Kusama Yayoi’s intriguing work has been exhibited globally. Motifs of repetitive "polka dots" and limitlessly expanding "infinity nets" both originated from her childhood visual and auditory hallucinations and are characteristic of her works. Her talents flourished after her move to the U.S. in 1957, producing from her New York studio various works in different genres, making her a heroine of the European and American art scenes in the 1960s. She returned to Japan in 1973, but it was not until 1993, when she was selected as the Japanese representative for Venice Biennale, that she came to be widely recognized and appreciated in her own country. Starting in 1998 and continuing through 1999, a major retrospective exhibition of Kusama’s work toured the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Also a talented writer, Kusama is vigorous in her pursuit of experimentation with new ideas through spatial art as well as through novels and poetry. In recent years, she has expanded her field of interest to include large outdoor sculptures such as the Visionary Flowers piece that can be found at the Matsumoto City Museum of Art. In October this year, Kusama’s monochrome paintings will be shown as part of an exhibition of her works due to be held in New York.
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