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A Poem In My Heart
Yayoi Kusama Museum
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Yayoi Kusama
The source of Yayoi Kusama’s creative drive comes from a place that is deeply personal, as such, it is the embodiment of her childhood hallucinatory experiences and visions overflowing from her inner world. In the early 1950s, shortly after her debut as an artist, Kusama received recognition from art experts such as art critic, Shuzo Takiguchi and painter, Nobuya Abe. Kusama's works, which are free from any constraint, already showed outstanding originality at that time. At the same time, her works which are “all about my [her] inner issues” reveal common features with Surrealism, which focuses on infinitely expanding imagination free from rational thought and expression, as well as internal imagery.
This exhibition introduces Kusama's diverse work reminiscent of Surrealism, portraying images overflowing from her inner world and struggles in her mind as they really are. The exhibition includes two-dimensional work from the beginning of her artistic career, which uses various materials and techniques, such as Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), oil painting, watercolor, and pastel. Other featured work includes three-dimensional work presenting a consistent manifestation of images exemplified through the accumulation of organic forms, and an installation piece based on her hallucinatory experiences. Her latest large-scale series of acrylic paintings, My Eternal Soul, depict visions that come to her mind as she moves her brush.
*All tickets must be purchased in advance online. Please visit official website for more information.
This exhibition introduces Kusama's diverse work reminiscent of Surrealism, portraying images overflowing from her inner world and struggles in her mind as they really are. The exhibition includes two-dimensional work from the beginning of her artistic career, which uses various materials and techniques, such as Nihonga (Japanese-style painting), oil painting, watercolor, and pastel. Other featured work includes three-dimensional work presenting a consistent manifestation of images exemplified through the accumulation of organic forms, and an installation piece based on her hallucinatory experiences. Her latest large-scale series of acrylic paintings, My Eternal Soul, depict visions that come to her mind as she moves her brush.
*All tickets must be purchased in advance online. Please visit official website for more information.
Schedule | Mar 3 (Thu) 2022-Aug 28 (Sun) 2022 Reservation RequiredOpening Hours Information
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| Fee | Adults ¥1100; High School, Junior High and Elementary School Students ¥600; Infants free. (Tickets available only on the museum website) | ||||
| Venue | Yayoi Kusama Museum http://yayoikusamamuseum.jp/  | ||||
| Location | 107 Benten-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-0851 | ||||
| Access | 6 minute walk from the East exit of Ushigome-yanagicho Station on the Toei Oedo line, 7 minute walk from exit 1 at Waseda Station on the Tozai line, 9 minute walk from exit 2 at Kagurazaka Station on the Tozai line. | ||||
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