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DAME of the DOT Artist, icon and pop culture influencer brings light show to Washington D.C.
compiled + edited by Janel St. John JAN 20, 2017
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A career retrospective of an iconic artist who's nearly ninety, should not only be ground-breaking and jaw-dropping, it should be the most stunning visual display imaginable. Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors opening February 23, 2017 at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, promises to be just that! Billed as an unforgettable sensory journey and 2017’s essential art experience, the show celebrates the legendary Japanese artist’s 65-year career. An avant-garde sculptor, painter and novelist, visitors are invited inside the psychedelic world of Yayoi Kusama - a rebel, icon and worldwide phenomenon.
A lifetime of art, media, awards + impact Kusama started painting polka dots and nets at age ten, creating fantastic works in watercolors, pastels and oils. She came to the United States in 1957 and stayed until 1973 before returning to Japan. During that time she showed large-scale paintings and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the 1960s she staged festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations, and in 1968, produced and starred in a film about herself. It won prizes at the Fourth International Experimental Film Competition in Belgium, the Maryland Film Festival and took second place at the Ann Arbor Film Festival. Throughout the 80s and 90s Kusama exhibited in France, New York and England and participated in the 45th Venice Biennale. For two years in a row, her NY show won Best Gallery Show from the International Association of Art Critics. From the nineties through 2013, she’s had a major retrospectives to travel the world and racked up numerous award. Highlights include receiving The Education Minister's Art Encouragement Prize in 2000 and a National Lifetime Achievement Award. Her 2004 solo exhibition, KUSAMATRIX opened at Mori Museum in Tokyo and drew 520,000 visitors. In 2008, her documentary film, “Yayoi Kusama, I Adore Myself," was released in Japan. Her solo shows toured Japan and South America in 2012 and 2013.
A fashion force |
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Fabulous polka dotted fashion...of course! Images from the 2012 collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama. | ||||
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Infinity Mirrors - experience the exhibition The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden is offering free timed passes for the first time for Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors, on view FEB 23–MAY 14, 2017. As the first major exhibition to feature six of the artist’s immersive Infinity Mirror Rooms, the museum is expecting an overwhelming visitor turn out. Therefore, the Hirshhorn has recruited more than 120 new volunteers and visitor attendants - triple the current number - to welcome and guide visitors. Other new amenitites include an on-site pop-up coffee bar run by local coffee shop, Dolcezza Coffee & Gelato, a heated outdoor visitor facility, expanded free lockers, and a mobile-friendly exhibition website.
A World Tour Organized by the Hirshhorn, Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors will embark on the most significant North American tour of the artist’s work in nearly two decades. Following its Washington, DC, debut, the show will travel to five major museums in the United States and Canada. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, Feb 23–May 14, 2017 Seattle Art Museum, June 30–Sept 10, 2017 The Broad, Los Angeles, Oct 21, 2017–Jan 10, 2018 Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, March 3–May 27, 2018 Cleveland Museum of Art, July 9–Sept 30, 2018
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