KUSAMA - I UENDELIGHEDEN
Med base i Tokyo er Yayoi Kusama (f. 1929) i de seneste årtier blevet verdenskendt for sit univers af farvestrålende, vidt forgrenede mønstre, der dækker overfladerne på malerier og skulpturer og breder sig ud i hele rummet. Midt i dette grænseløse visuelle univers står Kusama selv, ofte iklædt mønstret tøj, der får hende til at gå i ét med sin kunst.Yayoi Kusama er en ener i den moderne kunst - helt sin egen, dybt original, umådeligt populær. Præsentationen af Kusamas livsværk på Louisiana var den første retrospektive udstilling af kunstnerens værk i Skandinavien.
Den 86-årige Kusama fortæller om, hvordan længslen efter kærlighed og fred gennemsyrer hendes liv og værker. Hun taler om mode, sin mission som kunstner, kampen for en bedre verden og kærligheden til græskar "og deres sjove, menneskelige former" – samt om at have samme begejstring som var hun stadig et barn.
Based in Tokyo, Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) has been renowned in recent decades for his universe of brightly colored, broadly branched patterns covering the surfaces of paintings and sculptures and spreading throughout the space. In the midst of this boundless visual universe stands Kusama herself, often dressed in patterned clothing that makes her blend in with her art. Yayoi Kusama is one in modern art - her very own, deeply original, immensely popular. The presentation of Kusama's life work on Louisiana was the first retrospective exhibition of the artist's work in Scandinavia.
Kusama, 86, talks about how the longing for love and peace permeates her life and works. She talks about fashion, her mission as an artist, the fight for a better world and the love of pumpkin "and their fun, human forms" - as well as having the same enthusiasm as she was still a child.
