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Kusama, who was a marginal figure in every way
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Kusama : Infinity

Kusama, who was amarginal figure in every way

Kusama, who was a
marginal figure in every way

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Kusama, who was a marginal figure in every way...
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00:50:11
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Jun 25, 2025
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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 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
And most of them had not heard of her - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
And most of them had not heard of her
To go back to Tokyo and to start from scratch again - Kusama : Infinity 00:11
To go back to Tokyo and to start from scratch again
This was the time when she was suffering most - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
This was the time when she was suffering most
At a time she's lost her father, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
At a time she's lost her father,
And so Kusama finds this hospital, - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
And so Kusama finds this hospital,
And from the security of that environment, - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
And from the security of that environment,
There is a need to fill the hours of every day - Kusama : Infinity 00:12
There is a need to fill the hours of every day
From seeds to insects - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
From seeds to insects
And they come at a time when she's lost her father... - Kusama : Infinity 00:04
And they come at a time when she's lost her father...
They're full of this imagery of natural life cycles. - Kusama : Infinity 00:05
They're full of this imagery of natural life cycles.
She really had to start from scratch, - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
She really had to start from scratch,