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Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

Name: Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-09-10
Duration: 59 min

Not Rated

Documentary

This film follows Yayoi Kusama during the preparations for Tate Modern's 2012 retrospective of her work, when she undertook the mammoth physical and mental challenge of creating 100 new works for the largest-ever exhibition of her art.

09-10-2014

59 min

Polka Dot Superstar: The Amazing World of Yayoi Kusama

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Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama, is a Japanese artist and writer. She started to paint using polka dots and nets as motifs at around age ten ,and created fantastic paintings in watercolors, pastels and oils. Yayoi travelled to the United States in 1957. Showed large paintings, soft sculptures, and environmental sculptures using mirrors and electric lights. In the latter 1960s, she staged many happenings such as body painting festivals, fashion shows and anti-war demonstrations. She launched media-related activities such as film production and newspaper publication. In 1968, she produce and starred in the film "Kusama's Self-Obliteration".

Known For

Kusama: Infinity

2018

Bad Girls of Japan

2015

Kusama's Self-Obliteration

1967

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Locations and Languages

Country:: US

Languages:: en