Kusama : cosmic nature / Joanna L. Groarke and Mika Yoshitake ; with contributions by Barbara Ambrose, Karen Daubmann, Alex A. Jones, Alexandra Munroe, and Jenni Sorkin.
Publisher:
Rizzoli Electain association with The New York Botanical Garden,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 cm
"Published on the occasion of the exhibition KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, NY: April 10-October 31, 2021"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (page 170).
Contents:
Endnotes. Alex A. Jones -- Chronology: Nature and cosmos in the work of Yayoi Kusama / Karen Daubmann -- "Provisions of nature" : the botanical art of Yayoi Kusama / Joanna L. Groarke -- Cosmic nature: embracing the unknown / Mika Yoshitake -- "Vision of repetition" : building patterns in plants / Barbara Ambrose -- Botanicals for the eye: Yayoi Kusama's flower power / Jenni Sorkin -- "Forget yourself and become one with nature!" / Alexandra Munroe -- Chronology: Nature and cosmos in the work of Yayoi Kusama / Alex A. Jones -- Exhibition checklist -- Further reading -- Contributors -- Endnotes.
Summary:
"KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is the accompanying catalogue to the first comprehensive exploration of the artist's enduring fascination with the natural world, exhibited across the 250-acre landscape of The New York Botanical Garden. The exhibition examines her lifelong awareness and attunement to nature, which serves not merely as a source of inspiration, but is an integral source of power for her artistic language. This profound life force pervades all of Kusama's work, from studies of the molecular to contemplations of the universal, resulting in a transcendent, cosmic nature. Exhibition guest curator Mika Yoshitake, an independent scholar specializing in postwar Japanese art, and Joanna L. Groarke, NYBG exhibitions curator, catalogue co-editors, bring together essays by art historians, curators, and a scientist, who each present unique interpretations of Kusama's engagement with the natural world"--Publisher description.
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