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The respect she had earned in the early 1960s
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Kusama : Infinity

The respect she had earned in the early 1960s had been relatively dispersed by her...

The respect she had earned in the early 1960s had been relatively dispersed by her increasingly radical and, I suppose, populist,
attention-seeking activities

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The respect she had earned in the early 1960s
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had been relatively dispersed
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by her increasingly radical
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and, I suppose, populist, attention-seeking activities.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:11
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.
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,
What was very sad is - Kusama : Infinity 00:10
What was very sad is
Over the course of the late '70s and '80s, - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
Over the course of the late '70s and '80s,
What the Village Voice called "her lust for publicity," - Kusama : Infinity 00:08
What the Village Voice called "her lust for publicity,&...