{"product_id":"yayoi-kusama-give-me-love-9781941701218","title":"Yayoi Kusama: Give Me Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYayoi Kusama: Give Me Love\u003c\/em\u003e documents the artist's most recent exhibition at David Zwirner, New York, which marked the US debut of The Obliteration Room, an all-white, domestic interior that viewers are invited to cover with dot stickers of various sizes and colours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTaking The Obliteration Room as its centrepiece, this catalogue reveals, in vivid large-scale plates, the transformation of the space from a clean white interior to a stunningly saturated room, with ceilings, walls, and furniture covered in myriad multicoloured stickers put there by viewers over the course of the exhibition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue also includes beautiful reproductions of Kusama's new large-format paintings from the My Eternal Soul series. Ranging from bright and densely pixelated forms to umber figures with darker blues and muted oranges, these paintings demonstrate the artist's striking command of colour, and her exceptional control over balance and contrast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe catalogue continues with a selection of new, large Pumpkin sculptures, a form that Kusama has been exploring since her studies in Japan in the 1950s, and which gained prominence in the 1980s, continuing to remain an essential part of her practice. Made of shiny stainless steel and featuring painted dots or dot-shaped perforations that recall The Obliteration Room, these immersive works seem created on a human scale, with the tallest measuring 70 inches (178 cm). Vibrant plates capture how colour, shape, size, and surface merge in these sculptures and mesmerise the viewer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTexts include a \"Hymn to Yayoi Kusama\" by art critic and poet Akira Tatehata and a poem by the artist herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47433367552236,"sku":"9781941701218","price":85.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781941701218.jpg?v=1774765061","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/yayoi-kusama-give-me-love-9781941701218","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}