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Kusama : Infinity

"Kusama said," You can't leave now

"Kusama said," You can't leave now

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"Kusama said," You can't leave now.
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4 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:44:00
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.
People are going to undress." So I told my husband, - Kusama : Infinity 00:14
People are going to undress." So I told my husband,
♪ Love, love, love, love ♪ - Kusama : Infinity 00:52
♪ Love, love, love, love ♪
It was a big deal. Very different than anything - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
It was a big deal. Very different than anything
She said, "Nudity, it's such a beautiful thing." - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
She said, "Nudity, it's such a beautiful thing.&qu...
She's against the war because of her wartime experience. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
She's against the war because of her wartime experience...
She wasn't absorbed - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
She wasn't absorbed
When she did a lot of naked happenings, - Kusama : Infinity 00:19
When she did a lot of naked happenings,
And I think it just became more difficult for artists, - Kusama : Infinity 00:12
And I think it just became more difficult for artists,
The system is set up to support white male artists, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
The system is set up to support white male artists,
But there's also elements of the marketplace, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
But there's also elements of the marketplace,
Kusama, who was a marginal figure in every way... - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
Kusama, who was a marginal figure in every way...
She was a woman, she was Japanese, - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
She was a woman, she was Japanese,
She did not get the same kind of support - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
She did not get the same kind of support
The respect she had earned in the early 1960s - Kusama : Infinity 00:16
The respect she had earned in the early 1960s
So she was, you know, increasingly disorientated, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
So she was, you know, increasingly disorientated,
In 1973, I turned on the television, - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
In 1973, I turned on the television,
I saw this piece by Yayoi Kusama, - Kusama : Infinity 00:12
I saw this piece by Yayoi Kusama,
About 20 minutes later, I got a phone call, - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
About 20 minutes later, I got a phone call,
And it seems like the person who did purchase the piece was not. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
And it seems like the person who did purchase the piece was ...
And at that time, I would be asking different curators - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
And at that time, I would be asking different curators