Yayoi Kusama

A highly curated selection of paintings, sculptures and works on paper are brought together with the aim at offering a journey into Kusama's artistic achievements. 28 works in total, dating from 1951 to 2008 are on display. The exhibition features her iconic sculpture pieces from her series Hi, Konnichiwa (Hello)! which were first presented in the solo exhibition KUSAMATRIX, held in 2004 at the Mori Art Museum. The show attracted over half a million visitors. The exhibition includes also her signature Infinity polka dots paintings. The artist once said "In the universe, there is the sun, the moon, the earth, and hundreds of millions of stars" and she portrayed her life as one dot among thousands of other dots. Kusama associated the polka dots with the Sun and the Moon, as the dots had their same shape, whereby the Sun symbolized energy and the Moon tranquility. Also on view are her magnificent works on paper, raging from 1951 to 1981. Kusama first came to New York in 1958, bringing with her over 2,000 drawings. She later disclosed that the drawings were the source of her artistic ideas which she explored over six decades. Exhibition: Mucciaccia Gallery, New York, USA (09.11.2019-15.02.2020).