Yayoi Kusama
Photo Credit: Harrie Verstappen
Today's Saturday Short introduces Heather Lenz, director, screenwriter, and co-producer of the documentary Kusama - Infinity (Tokyo Lee Productions, 2018), who talks briefly about her film, which premiered in the documentary competition at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The 80-minute feature, in Japanese with English subtitles, was produced by Lenz, Karen Johnson, Dan Braun, and David Koh. It will be released this year.
Artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929), who voluntarily lives in a mental institution in Japan, is known for her soft sculptures and polka-dot creations and only now is receiving a level of attention denied her for much of her life. Her work, including paintings, works on paper, sculptures, installations, and performance art, has been exhibited in numerous galleries and many museums, among them the Tate Modern in London ("Yayoi Kusama", February 9 - June 5, 2012), the Museum of Modern Art ("Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama 1958-1968", July 9 - October 6, 1998) and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City ("Yayoi Kusama", July 12 - September 30, 2012), and at The Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. ("Yayoi Kusama | Infinity Mirror Rooms", February 23 - May 14, 2017). The exhibition "Yayoi Kusama | Infinity Mirrors" can be seen through May 27, 2018, in Ontario, Canada, at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The inaugural exhibition at the Yayoi Kusama Museum, Tokyo, "Creation is a Solitary Pursuit, Love is What Brings You Closer to Art", is on view through February 25.
Also see Kusama: Princess of Polka Dots.
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