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Yayoi Kusama /

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Rizzoli, 2012.Description: 303 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 33 cmISBN:
  • 9780847839087
  • 0847839087
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Contents:
Foreword / Louise Neri -- Prologue / Arthur Lubow -- Early work / Akira Tatehata -- Infinity nets / Laura Hoptman -- Accumulations / Chris Kraus -- Performances / RoseLee Goldberg -- Love forever / Olivier Zahm -- Mirror rooms / Louise Neri -- Large sculpture / Leslie Camhi -- New paintings / Akira Tatehata -- Epilogue / Kevin McGarry -- Chronology / Alison Wender.
Summary: In this book, created in close collaboration with Kusama and her Tokyo studio, the breadth and import of her career are considered in depth. In addition to studies of the development of her artistic vocabularies across different media, the book includes ephemera, sketches, and photographs from the artist's extensive archive that have never been seen before. The publication is timed to coincide with the artist's major touring retrospective, which makes its American debut at the Whitney Museum in New York in summer 2012, as well as with the much-anticipated collaboration with powerhouse fashion brand Louis Vuitton.
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Book Book Whitecliffe Library General Shelves General N 7359 KUS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0009760

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Tate Modern, February 9 to June 5, 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (page 302).

Foreword / Louise Neri -- Prologue / Arthur Lubow -- Early work / Akira Tatehata -- Infinity nets / Laura Hoptman -- Accumulations / Chris Kraus -- Performances / RoseLee Goldberg -- Love forever / Olivier Zahm -- Mirror rooms / Louise Neri -- Large sculpture / Leslie Camhi -- New paintings / Akira Tatehata -- Epilogue / Kevin McGarry -- Chronology / Alison Wender.

In this book, created in close collaboration with Kusama and her Tokyo studio, the breadth and import of her career are considered in depth. In addition to studies of the development of her artistic vocabularies across different media, the book includes ephemera, sketches, and photographs from the artist's extensive archive that have never been seen before. The publication is timed to coincide with the artist's major touring retrospective, which makes its American debut at the Whitney Museum in New York in summer 2012, as well as with the much-anticipated collaboration with powerhouse fashion brand Louis Vuitton.

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