Installation Art, Yayoi Kusama Polka Dot Installations*

Artist/Designer: Yayoi Kusama

Project Location: United States

Figure 1: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Yayoi Kusama-Polka Dots Madness. 2011, Digital Image. Available from Artboom. ( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Figure 2: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Contemporary Art Center: Big in Japan, Dots Obsession – Infinity Mirrored Room. 2009, Digital Image. Available from Re-title. ( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Figure 3: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Sarah's Blog, Yayoi Kusama. 2010. ( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Figure 4: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Bold Polka Dot Creations of Yayoi Kusama. 2011, Digital Image. Available from Creativity Fuse. ( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Figure 5: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Steven Heller, Yayoi Kusama: The Polka-Dot-Loving Art Legend I Initially Mistook for Crazy. 2012, Digital Image. Available from The Atlantic. ( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Figure 6: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Bold Polka Dot Creations of Yayoi Kusama. 2011, Digital Image. Available from Creativity Fuse.
( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Figure 7: Kusama Polka Dot Installation. Source: Universotokyo, Yayoi Kusama: Polka Dot Queen. 2013, Digital Image. Available from UNIVERSOTOKYO. ( Source | Accessed : December 23, 2013 )

Style/Period(s):
Aesthetic Movements, Contemporary

Primary Material(s):
Glass

Function(s):
Exhibition

Related Website(s):

Artsy Article on Yayoi | Accessed : August 1, 2017

Artsy Article on Yayoi | Accessed : May 21, 2015

Yayoi Artist Official Website | Accessed : August 1, 2017

Significant Date(s):
21st Century

Additional Information:
Project Description:
Several more examples of Kusama's use of the polka dot in conceptual interiors. Dubbed the 'Princess of Polka Dots' in a recent documentary, Kusama's various, mesmerizing installations of polka-dotted interiors are remarkable observations on the importance and power of the design element.

Publications/Texts in Print:
Blair, Elizabeth. "Priestess Of Polka Dots' Yayoi Kusama Gives Gallery goers A Taste Of Infinity," National Public Radio, March 1, 2017, http://www.npr.org/2017/03/01/516659735/priestess-of-polka-dots-yayoi-kusama-gives-gallerygoers-a-taste-of-infinity.

Hasegawa, Yuko & Pamela Miki. "The Spell to Re-integrate the Self: The Significance of the Work of Yayoi Kusama in the New Era". Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry Issue 13, (2006): 46-53.

Turner, Grady. "Yayoi Kusama," BOMB 66, (1999): 62-69.

Yamamura, Midori. Yayoi Kusama: Inventing the Singular. Boston: MIT Press, 2015

Tags:
installation art, art and interiors, yayoi kasuma, kasuma, contemporary art, polka dots

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