Yayoi Kusama
You, Me and the Balloons
(Author) Yayoi KusamaYayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is renowned and adored for her surreal world of dots, pumpkins and Infinity Mirror Rooms. This is the first ever publication dedicated to the artist's inflatable artworks - her fantastical large-scale balloon environments (1996 ongoing) that appear to defy gravity and that beguilingly play with our sense of space and scale, mind and body, reality and illusion. Published on occasion of the exhibition 'Yayoi Kusama: You, Me and the Balloons', Jun 30 - 28 Aug 2023, the first exhibition at the UK's most ambitious new cultural venue, Factory International, Manchester, UK. All images courtesy of Ota Fine Arts and Victoria Miro and Copyright of YAYOIKUSAMA.
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist known for her innovative use of polka dots and pumpkins in her immersive installations. Her most famous work, "Infinity Mirrored Room," combines mirrors and lights to create a mesmerizing experience. Kusama's avant-garde style and exploration of themes like mental health have made her a trailblazer in the art world.
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