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Yayoi Kusama: Every Day I Pray for Love
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Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at David Zwirner, New York, November 9-December 14, 2019.
In her most personal book to date, Yayoi Kusama brings us into her private world through poetic recollections, giving insight into her creative process and the essential role language plays in her work and daily life.
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In her most personal book to date, Yayoi Kusama: Every Day I Pray for Love, Yayoi Kusama invites us into her private world through poetic recollections. She provides insight into her creative process and the essential role language plays in her work and daily life.
With a new focus on Kusama's use of language, this book offers an impressive overview of her poetry, which she crafts alongside her work in other media. Highlighting the importance of language to Kusama, the book draws special attention to the captivating poetic titles of her paintings, such as in I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW YOU THE INFINITE SPLENDOR OF STARDUST IN THE UNIVERSE and FIGURE OF THE MIDNIGHT DARKNESS OF THE UNIVERSE THAT I DEDICATED ALL MY HEART. These visionary titles are an integral part of Kusama's eye-catching artworks, yet they also stand alone as unique aphorisms and evocative statements of cosmic spirituality.
The poetry collected here delves into Kusama's personal triumphs and trials, her human ideals, and her heroic pursuit of art and peace above all else.
Centered around Every Day I Pray for Love, Kusama's acclaimed exhibition at David Zwirner, New York, in 2019, this book features more than 300 pages of new paintings, sculptures, and Infinity Mirrored Rooms. It also includes photographs of Kusama over time, offering a unique visual timeline of this iconic artist.
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Yayoi Kusama: Every Day I Pray for Love is praised for its captivating design and tender exploration of the artist's poetic world. The book showcases an impressive collection of Kusama's poetry, emphasising the critical role of words in her art, with paintings and their intriguing titles complementing her visual creations.
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ISBN: 9781644230459
Publisher: David Zwirner
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 26 November 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: David Zwirner
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 165.0mm
Height: 195.0mm
Weight: 850g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's (b. 1929) work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century: pop art and minimalism. Her highly influential career spans paintings, performances, room-size presentations, outdoor sculptural installations, literary works, films, fashion, design, and interventions within existing architectural structures, which allude at once to microscopic and macroscopic universese.
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