YAYOI KUSAMA

JAPANESE ARTIST WHOSE PAINTINGS, COLLAGES, SOFT SCULPTURES, PERFORMANCE ART AND ENVIRONMENTAL INSTALLATIONS ALL SHARE AN OBSESSION WITH REPETITION, PATTERN, AND ACCUMULATION. KUSAMA'S WORK IS BASED INCONCEPTUAL ART AND SHOWS SOME ATTRIBUTES OF FEMINISM, MINIMALISM, SURREALISM, ART BRUT, POP ART, AND ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM, AND IS INFUSED WITH AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND SEXUAL CONTENT. KUSAMAIS ALSO A PUBLISHED NOVELIST AND POET, AND HAS CREATED NOTABLE WORK IN FILM AND FASHION DESIGN. 2008 CHRISTIES NEW YORK SOLD A WORK BY HER FOR $5.1 MILLION, A RECORD FOR A LIVING FEMALE ARTIST.  WIKI. VIEW HISTORY.