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Kusama : Infinity

He was a surrealist, and he lived with hismother on Utopia Heights

He was a surrealist, and he lived with his
mother on Utopia Heights

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He was a surrealist,
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and he lived with his mother on Utopia Heights.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:21:21
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
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documentary
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Movie Summary

Artist Yayoi Kusama and experts discuss her life and work, from her modest beginnings in Japan to becoming an internationally renowned artist.
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
I don't think, until he saw Kusama's artwork, - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
I don't think, until he saw Kusama's artwork,