Yayoi Kusama Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Mon, 27 May 2024 08:26:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Yayoi Kusama’s Previously Unseen Painting Set to Be Offered at an Auction https://playjunkie.com/yayoi-kusamas-previously-unseen-painting-set-to-be-offered-at-an-auction/ Mon, 27 May 2024 08:32:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=39348 In 1950, Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama started working on a series of paintings, “Infinity Nets.” The paintings featured variations of dots and net patterns on canvas and were inspired by Kusama’s hallucinations. The series went on to become one of the artist’s most celebrated and famous works. Now, one of the paintings from Infinity […]

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]]> In 1950, Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama started working on a series of paintings, “Infinity Nets.” The paintings featured variations of dots and net patterns on canvas and were inspired by Kusama’s hallucinations. The series went on to become one of the artist’s most celebrated and famous works.

Now, one of the paintings from Infinity Nets, which has never been seen before, is being auctioned off by auction house Bonhams. The painting, measuring at 6.5 feet tall, was created in 1995 and features a split composition.

One on side there is a net with red treads on a black background and field of black polka dots on red background on the other side. This is one of the rare examples of Kusama combining nets and dots in a single piece.

The painting will be part of the Modern and Contemporary Art auction in Hong Kong. Bonhams estimates that the piece could fetch a price of around $5.1 million.

“Immersive and compelling, this artwork skillfully combines Kusama’s renowned obsessional, repetitive, and mesmerizing qualities,” Bonhams said in a press release. “The endlessly looping and repeating whorls serve as a key motif reused throughout her career, reflecting both her personal history and inner state.

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]]> Introducing the Japanese Artist That Sees Polka Dots Everywhere https://playjunkie.com/introducing-the-japanese-artist-that-sees-polka-dots-everywhere/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:00:06 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=10000 Yayoi Kusama is a well-known Japanese artist whose world is full of polka dots. Born in March 1929 in Nagano Prefecture, the contemporary artist, sculptor, painter, and novelist began using polka dots and nets as motifs when she was only 10 years old and created beautiful paintings by using watercolors, pastels, and oils. From a […]

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]]> Yayoi Kusama is a well-known Japanese artist whose world is full of polka dots.

Born in March 1929 in Nagano Prefecture, the contemporary artist, sculptor, painter, and novelist began using polka dots and nets as motifs when she was only 10 years old and created beautiful paintings by using watercolors, pastels, and oils.

From a young age, Kusama has been battling mental health, and since then she uses her art to cope with her hallucinations, calling it the “art medicine”. According to the 90 years old woman, she sees polka dots in most things.

“The moon is a polka dot, the sun is a polka dot, and the Earth were we live is also a polka dot,” Kusama explains.

Check out some of her polkalicious artwork below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCO4pDFpSj/

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> Yayoi Kusama Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Mon, 27 May 2024 08:26:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Yayoi Kusama’s Previously Unseen Painting Set to Be Offered at an Auction https://playjunkie.com/yayoi-kusamas-previously-unseen-painting-set-to-be-offered-at-an-auction/ Mon, 27 May 2024 08:32:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=39348 In 1950, Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama started working on a series of paintings, “Infinity Nets.” The paintings featured variations of dots and net patterns on canvas and were inspired by Kusama’s hallucinations. The series went on to become one of the artist’s most celebrated and famous works. Now, one of the paintings from Infinity […]

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]]> In 1950, Japanese contemporary artist Yayoi Kusama started working on a series of paintings, “Infinity Nets.” The paintings featured variations of dots and net patterns on canvas and were inspired by Kusama’s hallucinations. The series went on to become one of the artist’s most celebrated and famous works.

Now, one of the paintings from Infinity Nets, which has never been seen before, is being auctioned off by auction house Bonhams. The painting, measuring at 6.5 feet tall, was created in 1995 and features a split composition.

One on side there is a net with red treads on a black background and field of black polka dots on red background on the other side. This is one of the rare examples of Kusama combining nets and dots in a single piece.

The painting will be part of the Modern and Contemporary Art auction in Hong Kong. Bonhams estimates that the piece could fetch a price of around $5.1 million.

“Immersive and compelling, this artwork skillfully combines Kusama’s renowned obsessional, repetitive, and mesmerizing qualities,” Bonhams said in a press release. “The endlessly looping and repeating whorls serve as a key motif reused throughout her career, reflecting both her personal history and inner state.

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]]> Introducing the Japanese Artist That Sees Polka Dots Everywhere https://playjunkie.com/introducing-the-japanese-artist-that-sees-polka-dots-everywhere/ Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:00:06 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=10000 Yayoi Kusama is a well-known Japanese artist whose world is full of polka dots. Born in March 1929 in Nagano Prefecture, the contemporary artist, sculptor, painter, and novelist began using polka dots and nets as motifs when she was only 10 years old and created beautiful paintings by using watercolors, pastels, and oils. From a […]

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]]> Yayoi Kusama is a well-known Japanese artist whose world is full of polka dots.

Born in March 1929 in Nagano Prefecture, the contemporary artist, sculptor, painter, and novelist began using polka dots and nets as motifs when she was only 10 years old and created beautiful paintings by using watercolors, pastels, and oils.

From a young age, Kusama has been battling mental health, and since then she uses her art to cope with her hallucinations, calling it the “art medicine”. According to the 90 years old woman, she sees polka dots in most things.

“The moon is a polka dot, the sun is a polka dot, and the Earth were we live is also a polka dot,” Kusama explains.

Check out some of her polkalicious artwork below.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCO4pDFpSj/

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