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Kusama : Infinity

Kusama was creating work of equal importance, yet she wasn't getting the same backing

Kusama was creating work of equal importance, yet she wasn't getting the same backing

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Kusama was creating work of equal importance,
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yet she wasn't getting the same backing.
Duration
8 seconds
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16
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:38
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.
She was taking away - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
She was taking away
The exhibitions that I had, in particular, The Peep Show, - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
The exhibitions that I had, in particular, The Peep Show,
It was an octagonal room, - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
It was an octagonal room,
The ceiling of it - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
The ceiling of it
The rhythm of that machine was, "Brrrrrr!" - Kusama : Infinity 00:17
The rhythm of that machine was, "Brrrrrr!"
There were many artists from the Renaissance on - Kusama : Infinity 00:21
There were many artists from the Renaissance on
No longer are you, the viewer, the master. - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
No longer are you, the viewer, the master.
Lucas Samaras was active in the avant-garde, - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
Lucas Samaras was active in the avant-garde,
In 1966, about seven months - Kusama : Infinity 00:18
In 1966, about seven months
That room was unlike anything Samaras had ever made before. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
That room was unlike anything Samaras had ever made before.
I think it's fair to say, unequivocally, - Kusama : Infinity 00:11
I think it's fair to say, unequivocally,
There is no question that she was not really - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
There is no question that she was not really
I became so depressed one day, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
I became so depressed one day,
Sometimes, she would simply appear at the door, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
Sometimes, she would simply appear at the door,
And I'd take her upstairs and put her to bed - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
And I'd take her upstairs and put her to bed
By the mid-60s, Kusama is showing as much, - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
By the mid-60s, Kusama is showing as much,
Selling your art for a few dollars - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
Selling your art for a few dollars
Art is supposed to be expensive, precious, out of reach. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
Art is supposed to be expensive, precious, out of reach.
She begins in this kimono, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
She begins in this kimono,
And she is dancing around and lying amid the balls, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
And she is dancing around and lying amid the balls,