Kusama’s Vision of Life:
From Cell to Cosmos
How does Kusama’s art reflect her philosophy on the cycles of life? Hear from co-curator Isabella Tam, who examine how the artist expresses her continual search to connect the cell to the cosmos and the individual to the celestial realm.
As a young artist, Yayoi Kusama’s interest in the natural world developed into a mystic understanding of the universe. How does Kusama’s artreflecther philosophy about the cycles of life?
Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now features the artist’s early drawings and sketches that depict different phases of a plant’s life. These works express her continual search to connect the cell to the cosmos and the individual to the celestial realm, moving between macroscopic and microscopic observations. The result is a diverse body of works that illustrate the power of regeneration and lay bare the mystery of life and death.
Hear from the co-curator of the exhibition Isabella Tam, who will take you through Kusama’s lesser-known works on view at M+, some of which have never left Japan before.
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