Kusama Yayoi has died
nytimes.comhttps://yayoi-kusama.jp/en/news4518/
This video of her changed my life:
I realized that art was a way to let my crazy run downhill.
It was just a random Youtube recommendation.
I’ve been subscribed to the Louisiana Channel ever since.
My submission of the video: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18338528
I saw that exhibition at Louisiana :). Thank you for sharing!
I had an amazing time visiting her exhibit when it came through my town. Being in the mirror rooms was really fun and her glowing glass pumpkins and squashes are playful in form and color and fun to look at.
There were unfortunately so many people who insisted on taking photos of themselves inside the mirror rooms that they would drop their phones and break the glass sculptures. How frustrating that people can't just enjoy art directly!
My avatar on GitHub has been of one of her Infinity Rooms for years.
https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12610?v=4
I never felt like I had enough time to spend in these spaces. To imagine creating them from scratch…incredible.
Sad! I really enjoyed going to the Kusama exhibit with my (now) wife years ago, and my daughter had a Kusama phase when she was about 5 years old and dressed up like her with a hot pink wig and polka dot outbit.
This fall there will be an exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. She stayed for some time in the Netherlands, met with Dutch artists, and organized events with them.
Highly recommend watching her speak, for instance in the below interview. I've found her to be very eloquent and expressive verbally too.
If you're ever in the San Francisco Airport, you can see her installation there: https://www.sfomuseum.org/public-art/public-collection/high-...
I really liked them, and I made a point to walk to this piece every time I am visiting SFO.
Such an awesome figure.