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To go back to Tokyo and to start from scratch again
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Kusama : Infinity

To go back to Tokyo andto start from scratch again was quite extraordinarybecause she...

To go back to Tokyo and
to start from scratch again was quite extraordinary
because she wasn't known there, and she hadn't been recognized,
and she was a middle-aged lady

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To go back to Tokyo and to start from scratch again
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was quite extraordinary because she wasn't known there,
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and she hadn't been recognized, and she was a middle-aged lady.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
14
Timestamp in Movie
00:52:29
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.
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,&...
No museums and no galleries in New York - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
No museums and no galleries in New York
She showed at the Fuji TV gallery, - Kusama : Infinity 00:19
She showed at the Fuji TV gallery,
We went to visit Kusama in Japan - Kusama : Infinity 00:11
We went to visit Kusama in Japan
When I was bringing these boxes back, - Kusama : Infinity 00:09
When I was bringing these boxes back,
And I had to argue with the customs guys - Kusama : Infinity 00:06
And I had to argue with the customs guys
In 1989, I curated the exhibition - Kusama : Infinity 00:13
In 1989, I curated the exhibition
Kusama had not been to the United States - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
Kusama had not been to the United States
We attempted a full retrospective - Kusama : Infinity 00:07
We attempted a full retrospective