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Hard to wait: An exhibition by Yaiwi Kusama will arrive at the Tel Aviv Museum
The exhibition of the esteemed and famous Japanese artist will open in November, and will include more than 200 works and four "Infinity Rooms".
Kusama is one of the most important contemporary artists in the world today
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Sunday, 25 April 2021, 11:04 Updated: 11:28
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For the first time in Israel.
Yayui Kusama inside one of her exhibits (Photo: GettyImages)
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art will present, for the first time in Israel, a comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the famous Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, one of the most important contemporary artists in the world.
The large-scale exhibition will arrive in Israel in November 2021 and will present the main creative periods of the artist in a career of over seventy years (Kusama, born in 1929, is now 92 years old).
It will feature about 200 works and four "infinity rooms" (unique mirror rooms), including new works that have never been shown.
This is one of the most important and large exhibitions ever presented at the Tel Aviv Museum, it will be spread over six spaces and galleries, in its two buildings, with a total area of about 3,000 square meters.
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Yaiwi Kusama is one of the most popular artists in the world, and is considered a "world brand" even in her 90s.
She has become a celebrity, especially in the last decade, thanks to the memorable appearance and aesthetics of her works.
In 2016 she was selected by American Time magazine as one of the 100 most influential people.
Collaboration between the Tel Aviv Museum and the Martin Gropius Museum came to Berlin. Exhibition of Kosama in Germany (Photo: GettyImages)
Kusama is the most tagged artist on social media and hundreds of thousands of people around the world photograph themselves in the unique environments that Kusama creates and share their photos on social media.
She is known for the commercial collaborations she creates with luxury brands, including with Louis Vuitton in 2012, which dramatically increased awareness of her work and her personal narrative.
From the psychiatric institution to the studio - and back
The magnetic and playful aesthetics of her work are closely linked to the mental illness that Kusama has been dealing with since childhood.
Already at the age of 10 she was diagnosed as a mental contender, and her pursuit of art is largely part of her coping and treatment.
Her studio, where she creates her unique and one-time creations, is located across the road from the psychiatric institution where she lives in Tokyo.
Every morning she goes to create in it, and at the end of the day she returns to the therapeutic institution where she has lived for decades.
The exhibition will be on display at the Tel Aviv Museum thanks to a collaboration with Studio Kosama in Tokyo and the Martin Gropius Bau Museum in Berlin, one of the leading art institutions in Europe, where the exhibition opens this week, alongside a huge exhibition at the New York Botanical Gardens.
Dealing with mental illness from childhood.
Kusama at the age of 10, 1939 (Photo: courtesy of the photographer)
Kusama's works are displayed in leading museums, galleries and public spaces around the world, and receive extensive exposure and coverage.
A retrospective of her work wandered in 2011 and 2012 between world-leading institutions, including the Whitney Museum in New York, Tate Modern in London, the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris and the Reina Sophia Museum in Madrid.
In addition, she has presented major solo exhibitions in many countries including Mexico, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan and Chile.
Kusama in one of her performances, 1965 (Photo: Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts; Victoria Miro; David Zwirner)
Attracts millions of visitors
Kusama's exhibitions are very popular with the general public and attract many visitors. In the last seven years, more than five million visitors have lined up at various museums around the world to see her work (and take pictures with her). "We are proud to host Yaiwi Kusama's comprehensive exhibition, especially now in the post - Corona plague period, when the Israeli public seems thirsty for exciting and quality experiences," said Tel Aviv Museum Director Tanya Cohen-Uzieli.
The exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art will be curated Jointly Dr. Stephanie Rosenthal, Director of Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin and Susan Landau, former Director and Chief Curator of the Tel Aviv Museum. "The work of Yayoi Kusama - a 92-year-old artist who excites millions of visitors around the world - embraces drawing, painting, sculpture, installation, performance, cinema and fashion, in a powerful complex that is mesmerizing and fascinating, impressive and fun at the same time. She is exhibiting at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. "Without a doubt, a one-time and historic event," Landau said.
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