Yayoi Kusama

Born: 1929-03-22

Yayoi Kusama, is a Japanese artist and writer. She started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten ,and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils. Yayoi travelled to the United States in 1957. Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the latter 1960s, she staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. She launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication. In 1968, she produce and starred in the film "Kusama's Self-Obliteration".


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Tokyo Decadence

as Fortune Teller
Released: 1992-01-06

A submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and...

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Kusama: Infinity

as Self
Released: 2018-09-07

Now one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in...

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Bad Girls of Japan

as uncredited
Released: 2015-08-20

Are bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the...

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Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

as Herself
Released: 2014-09-10

This film follows Yayoi Kusama during the preparations for Tate Modern's 2012 retrospective of...

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Kusama's Self-Obliteration

as uncredited
Released: 1967-12-31

A film exploration of the work and aesthetic concepts of Yayoi Kusama, painter, sculptor, and...

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Yayoi Kusama

as uncredited
Released: 2016-05-22

Yayoi Kusama born March 22, 1929 is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has...

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The Inexhaustible Creations of Yayoi Kusama

as uncredited
Released: 2017-05-15

Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama is best known for her inexhaustible creations involving...

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Flowers

as uncredited
Released: 1969-01-01

While I was staying in New York in the 1960s during the rise of the hippie movement, I filmed...

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Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me

as uncredited
Released: 2008-02-02

Captures the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusamas creative process as she diligently works to...

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