"With 347 illustrations"--Title page. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition at M+, Hong Kong, 12 November 2022 to 14 May 2023"--Colophon. Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-388) and index.
Contents:
Interview: "Ryu Murakami calls on Yayoi Kusama," 2015. prepared for WABC Radio by Gordon Brown, executive editor of Art voices', June 1964 -- Transmigration of a soul: Yayoi Kusama's eternal recurrence / Mika Yoshitake -- Infinity -- Accumulation -- The Biocosmic -- Radical connectivity -- Death -- Force of life / Alex A. Jones -- Visual chronology: the life and times of Yayoi Kusama / Alex A. Jones -- Narcissus garden: how Yayoi Kusama has become a global cultural icon and what she and her art can teach us about the way we exist in the world now / Doryun Chong -- Yayoi Kusama: body, death, and transformation / Isabella Tam -- Roundtable discussion: Yayoi Kusama's exhibitions / Doryun Chong [and seven others] -- Selected writings -- Essay: "The painter's appeal: open your eyes to art" (excerpt), 1952 -- Essay: "Ivan the fool," 1955 -- Correspondence: with Georgia O'Keefe, 1955 -- Essay: "Excerpts from postwar reflections," ca. 1960 -- Essay: "Under the spell of accumulation," 1961 -- Interview: "Miss Yayoi Kusama: interview / prepared for WABC Radio by Gordon Brown, executive editor of Art voices', June 1964 -- Artist statement: "Garden of Narcissus," 1966 -- Interview: Jud Yalkut, "The polka dot way of life (conversations with Yayoi Kusama)," New York Free Press, 15 February 1968 -- Manifesto: Anatomic explosion press release, 13 October 1968 -- Essay: "Museum politics," 1970 -- Play: Tokyo Leee (excerpt), ca. 1971 -- Essay: "The struggle and wanderings of my soul' (excerpt), 1975 -- Interview: "Yoshie Yoshida dialogue series" (excerpt), 1982 -- Essay: "'Beyond obsession'! [sic]: Kusama opens a shining door to the 21st century," 1988 -- Poem: "Resplendent road," 2007 -- Interview: "Ryu Murakami calls on Yayoi Kusama," 2015.
Summary:
"Most comprehensive survey of the artist's work to date. Organised around six thematic sections, it includes a series of essays exploring different aspects of her practice, a detailed illustrated chronology, and examples of her extensive writings--some of which have never been published before"--Jacket.
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