With a career defined by exhibitions in the world's most prestigious institutions, it's no surprise that Yayoi Kusama's work might take a toll on her personal psyche. We know Kusama as the master of polka dot immersion - or 'infinity nets' as she calls them - but we rarely look to her struggles with depression or perceptions of 'reality'. These aspects of the artist's life have thus far been masked within her work, expressed through use of clashing colors and hypnotizing primitivist patterning -...
With a career defined by exhibitions in the world's most prestigious institutions, it's no surprise that Yayoi Kusama's work might take a toll on her personal psyche. We know Kusama as the master of polka dot immersion - or 'infinity nets' as she calls them - but we rarely look to her struggles with depression or perceptions of 'reality'. These aspects of the artist's life have thus far been masked within her work, expressed through use of clashing colors and hypnotizing primitivist patterning -...
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