Yayoi Kusama
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".
Tokyo Decadence
as Fortune TellerA submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and...
Movie pageKusama: Infinity
as SelfNow one of the world’s most celebrated artists, Yayoi Kusama broke free of the rigid society in...
Movie pageBad Girls of Japan
as uncreditedAre bad girls casualties of patriarchy, a necessary evil, or visionary pioneers? By tracing the...
Movie pagePolka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama
as HerselfThis film follows Yayoi Kusama during the preparations for Tate Modern's 2012 retrospective of...
Movie pageKusama's Self-Obliteration
as uncreditedA film exploration of the work and aesthetic concepts of Yayoi Kusama, painter, sculptor, and...
Movie pageYayoi Kusama
as uncreditedYayoi Kusama born March 22, 1929 is a Japanese artist and writer. Throughout her career she has...
Movie pageThe Inexhaustible Creations of Yayoi Kusama
as uncreditedJapanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama is best known for her inexhaustible creations involving...
Movie pageFlowers
as uncreditedWhile I was staying in New York in the 1960s during the rise of the hippie movement, I filmed...
Movie pageYayoi Kusama: I Love Me
as uncreditedCaptures the avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusamas creative process as she diligently works to...
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