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Cornell was so inspiring and strange
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Kusama : Infinity

Cornell was so inspiring and strange, and deeply, deeply suppressed

Cornell was so inspiring and strange, and deeply, deeply suppressed

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Cornell was so inspiring and strange,
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and deeply, deeply suppressed.
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7 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:15
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
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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.
He was a surrealist, - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
He was a surrealist,
Cornell, during the years after his father died, - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
Cornell, during the years after his father died,
They would talk on the phone and she would say, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
They would talk on the phone and she would say,
I'll wait for you to come back." - Kusama : Infinity 00:12
I'll wait for you to come back."
When you do a painting of that size, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
When you do a painting of that size,
Her health was always something - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
Her health was always something
And I suggested to her that she see a psychiatrist. - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
And I suggested to her that she see a psychiatrist.
There's some thought she might have had - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
There's some thought she might have had
She describes coming across her father - Kusama : Infinity 00:12
She describes coming across her father
For Kusama, that fear, and she talks about it very explicitly, - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
For Kusama, that fear, and she talks about it very explicitl...
Her diagnosis is obsessive-compulsive neurosis. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
Her diagnosis is obsessive-compulsive neurosis.
Once something enters into her mind, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
Once something enters into her mind,
She has a good eye for what catches attention, - Kusama : Infinity 00:12
She has a good eye for what catches attention,
Maybe so many people wouldn't have wanted to sit on them. - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
Maybe so many people wouldn't have wanted to sit on the...
But I can tell you, - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
But I can tell you,
You walk into this group show, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
You walk into this group show,
And yet your eyes always return to Kusama's couch. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
And yet your eyes always return to Kusama's couch.
Nobody bought them, but everybody was talking about it. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
Nobody bought them, but everybody was talking about it.
Claes Oldenburg had a stiff piece, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
Claes Oldenburg had a stiff piece,
Oldenburg's loft is a factory where he works out - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
Oldenburg's loft is a factory where he works out