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Kusama : Infinity

She said, "Nudity, it'ssuch a beautiful thing." Why do we have to send this beautiful body...

She said, "Nudity, it's
such a beautiful thing." Why do we have to send this beautiful body to the war as soldiers?

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She said, "Nudity, it's such a beautiful thing."
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Why do we have to send this beautiful body
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to the war as soldiers?
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:47
Uploaded
Jun 25, 2025
Genres
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.
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
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,