1At the New York Botanical Garden, Yayoi Kusama reveals her lifelong fascination with the natural world, beginning with her childhood in the greenhouses and fields of her family's seed nursery.
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2'Cosmic Nature, 'on view through October 31, includes pieces spanning Kusama's prolific artistic career, including multiple outdoor installations, such as monumental sculptures that transform the landscape of the New York Botanical Garden.
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3The contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is one of the most popular in the world, attracting millions of people to experience her immersive installations.
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4 His artistic concepts of obliteration, infinity, and eternity are inspired by his intimate engagement with the colors, patterns, and life cycles of plants and flowers.
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5With the exhibition, the New York space wants to show the fascination that the Japanese artist has felt during her 92 years of life for nature and colors.
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Its iconic polka-dotted pumpkins will also be featured in the Bronx, as well as colorful paintings of flowers, appearing in public for the first time.
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7 "Nature is not only its central source of inspiration, but it is an integral part of the visceral effects of the artistic language of Kusama, in which organic growth and proliferation of life are always present," explains in a statement the curator of the show, Mika Yoshitake.
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8Kusama moved to the United States in 1957 on the recommendation of her pen pal Georgia O'Keeffe.
He lived in that country until 1973, currently he lives in Japan.
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In New York you can also see 'Infinity Mirrored Room - Illusion Inside the Heart' (2020), a cube that reflects all the flora that a piece of mirrors is surrounded by.
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10The exhibition will change with the different seasons of the year. It will be surrounded by tulips or lilies in the spring, dahlias or sunflowers in the summer, and pumpkins in the fall. Roselle Chen REUTERS
Yayoi Kusama's 'Cosmic Nature' Comes to New York
2021-05-07T21:08:28.804Z
The KUSAMA Cosmic Nature exhibition is installed in the more than 100 hectares of the New York Botanical Garden. The work includes four new experiences designed by the 92-year-old Japanese artist