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Who is Yayoi Kusama?

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese artist and writer, famous for her thematic interest in psychedelic colours, repetition, and pattern, mainly in the form of dots and nets. Leaving Japan in 1957, she moved to New York City where she produced a series of paintings influenced by the abstract expressionist movement. She came to public attention when she organized a series of happenings in which naked participants were painted with brightly colored polka dots.

Kusama's work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, pop art, and abstract expressionism, infused with autobiographical, psychological, and sexual content. She receives several major art achievement awards and was named one of the Top 10 Living Artists of 2015. Kusama is now acknowledged as one of the most important living artists to come out of Japan, and an important voice of the avant-garde.

This exhibition is Yayoi Kusama’s first major survey of her work held in South East Asia, featuring over 120 works across media, beginning with her paintings from 1950s.