
Yayoi Kusama is known as one of the world's artists. Painting, sculpture, installation, performance art, poetry and literature……He has made brilliant achievements in various fields, and is still alive with all his creative activities. Director Heather Lens was fascinated by the work of Yayoi Kusama. Realizing that the influence on Kusama's art world, who was working in New York from the 1950s to the early 1970s, was overlooked, and "I wanted to share the complex story (life) and art (talent) of Yayoi Kusama," and produced the documentary "Yayo Kusama II INFINITY".
In this film, how Yayoi Kusama went on the path of art and became the only expressionist: when he was a child who did not understand his passion for art, the challenge of traveling alone to the United States, the series of suffering and difficulties in New York, the journey to the recognition of his work, the encounter with important people, and the disease of obsessive neurosis.……We approach the life of an artist who has lived an extraordinary life that is not enough with a turbulent word. In addition to an interview with Yayoi Kusama himself, a 70-year record of creative activities, and a 77-minute impact composed of the voices of artists who talk about Yayoi Kusama's talents! You will be caught in the life of unknown Yayoi Kusama!
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Information
- Event period
- 2019.11.22 -
- Venue
- 8F WHITE CINE QUINTO