abstract image in red-orange, blues, yellow, dark red, green; dots of various sizes overall with looped openwork designs with other colors showing through

%C2%A9 Yayoi Kusama

Untitled, 1967

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The John R. Van Derlip Fundexpand_more  2010.7

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's work is widely diverse in theory and practice, including painting, drawing, sculpture, assemblage, performance, video, and installation. At one point, she ventured into the fashion world with her own clothing line. During the decade she lived in New York-1958 to 1968-she was especially known for her exuberant abstract paintings, which used a signature motif known as an "infinity net"-interlocking shapes painted with netlike patterns.

In Untitled, Kusama added her characteristic polka dots over the infinity nets, creating yet another dimension. This work was made shortly before she returned to Japan to seek treatment for the hallucinations and obsessive thoughts that had troubled her since childhood. Kusama has often said making art is the way she manages her obsessions.

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Title
Untitled
Artist Life
born 1929
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2010.7
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abstract image in red-orange, blues, yellow, dark red, green; dots of various sizes overall with looped openwork designs with other colors showing through

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