I am just another dot in the world. — Yayoi (Yayoi Kusama, "Fireflies on the Water") Yayoi Kusama is besotted with dots -- dot maps, polka dots, dotted lines, mirror dots and more. The 86-year-old Japanese artist is famous for her zany paintings, bizarre outdoor sculpture and colorful mirror installations. Her personal life is just as notorious as her artistic one: she has lived voluntarily inside a Japanese mental institution since 1977 ("my artwork is an expression of my life, especially of my mental disease")), and she lists other creative luminaries (including Joseph Cornell, my personal favorite artist) as close friends and lovers.
A Woman to Know: Yayoi Kusama
A Woman to Know: Yayoi Kusama
A Woman to Know: Yayoi Kusama
I am just another dot in the world. — Yayoi (Yayoi Kusama, "Fireflies on the Water") Yayoi Kusama is besotted with dots -- dot maps, polka dots, dotted lines, mirror dots and more. The 86-year-old Japanese artist is famous for her zany paintings, bizarre outdoor sculpture and colorful mirror installations. Her personal life is just as notorious as her artistic one: she has lived voluntarily inside a Japanese mental institution since 1977 ("my artwork is an expression of my life, especially of my mental disease")), and she lists other creative luminaries (including Joseph Cornell, my personal favorite artist) as close friends and lovers.