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Kusama : Infinity

And I had to argue with the customs guys that actually this was art

And I had to argue with the customs guys that actually this was art

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And I had to argue with the customs guys
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that actually this was art.
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6 seconds
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20
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:17
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
In 1989, I curated the exhibition - Kusama : Infinity 00:13
In 1989, I curated the exhibition
Kusama had not been to the United States - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
Kusama had not been to the United States
We attempted a full retrospective - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
We attempted a full retrospective
I went to the Venice Biennale. - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
I went to the Venice Biennale.
At first, I thought, "Well, gee, look at that! - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
At first, I thought, "Well, gee, look at that!
For her to have the exhibition - Kusama : Infinity 00:17
For her to have the exhibition
So she went from crashing the party - Kusama : Infinity 00:14
So she went from crashing the party
The exhibition that we organized - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
The exhibition that we organized
Sometimes you can feel something, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
Sometimes you can feel something,
She's created this amazing situation for herself. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
She's created this amazing situation for herself.
The studio is two blocks from the hospital, - Kusama : Infinity 00:11
The studio is two blocks from the hospital,
Clearly, the strains and stresses of life, - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
Clearly, the strains and stresses of life,
But what she's always done, - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
But what she's always done,
And I think there's a sort of a managing madness about Kusama, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
And I think there's a sort of a managing madness about ...
She's used her trauma to enormously productive ends. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
She's used her trauma to enormously productive ends.
She's celebrated all over the world, - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
She's celebrated all over the world,
It really does appeal to a very broad group of people. - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
It really does appeal to a very broad group of people.
Social media is, for sure, a very specific phenomenon - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
Social media is, for sure, a very specific phenomenon
She has had five million museum visitors since 2013. - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
She has had five million museum visitors since 2013.
And there's not one artist in the world - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
And there's not one artist in the world