{"product_id":"infinity-net-the-autobiography-of-yayoi-kusama-9781849762137","title":"Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJapanese artist Yayoi Kusama presents \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eInfinity Net\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a remarkable memoir that reveals her to be a fascinating figure, channeling her obsessive neurosis into an art that transcends cultural barriers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYayoi Kusama arrived in New York in 1957, a poverty-stricken artist from postwar Japan, and quickly established herself as a leader of the city's vibrant avant-garde movement. Known for her massive, hypnotically repetitive \"Infinity Net\" paintings, her provocative \"happenings,\" and the signature polka dots that would become her global trademark, Kusama has channeled her obsessive neurosis into an art that transcends cultural barriers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInfinity Net\u003c\/i\u003e paints a vivid, multilayered portrait of this fascinating artist. Taking us from her restrictive childhood to her groundbreaking years in New York--where she collaborated with Andy Warhol, shared an apartment with Donald Judd, and became close with Joseph Cornell--this memoir offers profound insight into the personal struggles and hallucinatory episodes that have continually informed her work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCandidly describing the sheer pluck and drive required to make her artistic voice heard, Kusama also recounts her voluntary return to Japan in the 1970s and her subsequent choice to reside in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo, where she has continued to produce an astonishing, globally celebrated body of work, from sculptures and videos to dizzying walk-in installations and iconic polka-dot pumpkins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReplete with the sense of the sheer necessity within an artist to create, this energetic and deeply personal page-turner offers a rare glimpse into Kusama's exhilarating world and the transformative power of art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes black-and-white illustrations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yayoi Kusama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Tate Publishing(UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781849762137\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eYayoi Kusama\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally acclaimed, widely exhibited Japanese artist. \u003cb\u003eRalph McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e is a literary translator.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Yayoi Kusama \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":47792880910493,"sku":"9781849762137","price":39.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5ab7c97d-7dd1-4c00-a0f8-53bd55f22763.jpg?v=1774983996","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/infinity-net-the-autobiography-of-yayoi-kusama-9781849762137","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}