Princess of Polkadots
KUSAMA, Yayoi. Love Forever and In Full Bloom, Two-Volume Set by Yayoi Kusama. Los Angeles: County Museum of Art. 1998-1999.
4to. Two volume set with soft covers housed in publishers slipcase; pp. I: 194; II: 168, ii; text block in Japanese; illustrated throughout; bump to bottom corners of both and also slipcase; otherwise fine.
First edition Exhibition Catalogue
"I fight pain, anxiety, and fear every day, and the only method I have found that relieved my illness is to keep creating art,"- Yayoi Kusama
Christened the "Princess of Polkadots", Yayoi Kusama is one of the most essential living Japanese artists, her creativity influencing the likes of those as prominent as Andy Warhol. She is arguably one of the world's most successful living artists.
This is a delicately designed pair of exhibition catalogue books presenting the early years of Yayoi Kusama's work produced in tandem with the exhibition Yayoi Kusama New York/Tokyo which was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo in 1999. This two-volume collection (Love Forever Yayoi Kusama 1958-1968 & In Full Bloom Yayoi Kusama Years in Japan) contains an extensive selection of photo collages, sculptural work and paintings crafted in both New York and Tokyo over the artist’s career at the time; a pivotal moment in the artist's career.
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