Yayoi Kusama: Infinity and Beyond with Dr. Jennie Hirsh

From polka dots to performance, this seminar focuses on the career of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929). For more than six decades, Kusama has captivated audiences with her singular sculptures, enigmatic installations, purposeful prints, and more. Delving into her  passionate practice replete with flowers, polka dots, and mirrors that reflect her ongoing challenges to balance her emotional and artistic well-being, this conversation provides an overview of how Kusama contributed to the history of art in  unique and meaningful ways. Through in-depth looks at her early painted works on paper and Narcissus Garden for the 1966 Venice Biennale to her more recent, large-scale installations and so-called Infinity Rooms, this seminar offers both a survey and analysis of this artist whose poignant works and peculiar iconography combine aspects of pop art, feminism, eroticism, and conceptual art to new and productive ends. 

Led by an expert on modern and contemporary art, Dr. Jennie Hirsh, this Conversation will explore the life and career of this Designed to inform curiosity as well as future travels, participants will come away with an increased knowledge of both the significance of and context for Yayoi Kusama's works.