The story of Artist Yayoi Kusama by Lillian Gray
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- Yayoi Kusama is absolutely dotty about dots. She is sometimes called the Princess of Polka Dots. She makes all kinds of art such as sculptures, paintings, installations, clothing design, and even performances, and they are all covered in dots!
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:46 Her story
8:00 Georgia O'Keeffe's influence
8:57 Kusama in New York
9:42 Infinity Nets
10:20 Kusama's hallucinations
11:31 Inspiration for Infinity mirrors
12:01 Development of soft sculptures
12:53 New York Art scene 1960's
14:18 Performance pieces
16:30 Return to Japan
18:27 Revived fame
25:16 What did she paint
25:36 Where did she paint
26:02 What was her style
27:02 Purpose of Kusama's art
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I know this was meant for children, but this was a wonderful summary of the stages of her art/life and a great introduction to her. I really really liked this.
Thank you Windy. I think a lot of adults love the videos as an introduction to art. They are easy to understand and doesn't make you feel stupid or out of the loop if you don't know a specific concept. Glad you enjoyed it.
Me too. I really enjoyed it and learnt a lot from it as well.
A great example of why you should Never give up on yourself. Or your Art.
Very true!
I never heard of her until PBS did a story on her today. What a beautiful soul Kusama is!
She is amazing and so unique.
Thank you. I loved both the look and sound of this video. What a wonderful story of an amazing little girl who knew how to transform her suffering into something positive.
Thank you Sharon. It is such an empowering story.
Her story and talent touches my heart in ways I can’t fully and adequately express. It’s a story of beauty, whimsy, triumph, determination, courage, and just about everything I can admire.
Indeed! Such an inspiration.
Thank you for sharing Yayoi's beautiful life. I saw her documentary and inspired by my own creativity. May we all remember that we are all artists from the get go. :)
Well said!
I learned about her in my school she was very peculiar to me so I looked up documentarys about her and she's
Been threw so much and she is truly a talent artist.
Thank you
Thanks for the crash course, Yayoi Kusama is a brilliant artist! I find it a bit darkly humorous with the playful music combined with the messed up content
Yes, most of these artists had a troubling life, but we are trying to make it school-friendly so everyone can learn. Thanks, fo your feedback.
This is brilliant, Lilian, I am sharing this with my senior art student here in Ajijic, Mexico. They need to get back the child within. I watched her history on another one or two on UA-cam, but your illustrations and storyline are perfect. Gracias.
Thank you so much, Robina, this means so much to me. May they learn amply!
We also have videos on Ai Weiwei and Shepard Fairey. And then lots on South African Artists
Thank you for letting us learn about Yayoi Kusama with beautiful illustrations 🤗👏🏼
My pleasure 😊
What a beautiful artistic work! This video is amazing ! Thank you @Lilian Gray 🎨🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🔴⚪🙌
Thank you so much for the all interesting story about Yayoi Kusama!
Pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it. 😉
Thank you very much for this video !
Thanks for the feedback. We love what we do.
I just discovered your channel and I love this!!
Awesome thank you
This is great! Used it as a crash course 👍🏼👍🏼
Awesome, thanks for the feedback.
❤❤❤
Thank you
What a wonderful story. Thankyou for sharing this.
Thanks so much. We love what we do.
@@LillianGrayArt I loved every word of this story; especially how your work is created. Absolutely magnificant. Hope one day I get a chance to see it with my own eyes one day. God bless your wonderfully gifted hands forever. Amen.
@@deniseallen3379 Thank you Denise for your kind words. Really inspires me.
This was so enjoyable. Thank you ☺️🙏🏼
So glad!
Loved this
Wow, this is an incredible video! This was originally just for me to better understand Kusama for a project, but I got more and more interested in the story and just couldnt stop watching. Please continue to create amazing content! I loved this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Very good video, Lillian art in itself.
Thank you so much 😀
this was such a great watch, thank you
My pleasure!
Thank you for this amazing story.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow thank you for the information on her. I respect her somuch I wish to borrow her idea of the infinity mirrored room for my business... GOD bless her.
You are so welcome
Really, really helpful, thank you so much :) I'm doing an artist week at school so this is great ^^
I'm so glad!
Great video
Thank you so much
Nossa, é uma história triste e fantástica ao mesmo tempo. Ela vive presa em seu mundo, e pra ao expressar sua prisão é uma forma de tentar se comunicar com o mundo externo.
Obrigado, fico muito feliz que tenha gostado.
Amé este video. Muy educativo. Me encantó. Éxitos. :)
Thank you
Great video, Thanks!
Thank you
what is the errand of her work, what does she want to learn or bring others with her work?
I discuss this right at the end of the video:
Why does Kusama create art?
Now let’s discuss the most important of all - the why. What is the purpose of Kusama’s art and what is the meaning behind all these dots? If we think about it on a deeper level we are surrounded by dots: the sun is a dot, the moon is a dot, even the earth the planet that we live on is a dot. What is remarkable to me is that the country that Kusama is from Japan, even the flag, is a dot. Everything around us our entire universe is made out of dots - molecules - atoms - dots that are vibrating dots that are infinite. We are all just a collection of dots.
Here is a quote from Kusama about the meaning of her art
“Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos polka dots are a way to infinity when we obliterate nature and our bodies with polka dots we become a part of the unity of our environment”
Yayoi Kusama
great love from Pakistan 🇵🇰❤️
Thank you
can i ask what do you love about heer work and why?
I love that it is universal. Looks like a lot of fun on the surface but once you dig deeper there is a story of overcoming and dealing with Mental Health.
What acsaint do you have
I am South African.
How in the world is this meant for kids?! Middle school is as young as I would show this to a child.
I think life is filled with good and bad and there is always a balance. Kids need to be exposed to both. A lot of famous artists have tragic stories (Frida, Van Gogh, Chagall, Tretchikoff) and kids actually deal with it really well. They latch on to the power of overcoming. I've been teaching art history to kids of all ages for almost 6 years now and its been an awesome experience. They ask the the most amazing questions and we end up in discussions on what makes a good person and how do we know what is right and wrong.
What is your accent? (Nevermind. I read your "About". Sorry)
South African
hi
Hello, how can we help?
"...up to 50 feet long, that's over nine metres long..." 50 feet is over 13 metres !!?
The sentence is "These paintings were massive, up to 30 feet wide, that's over 9 meters long."
Lol “tentacles” - that’s a nice way to be delicate about genitalia !
Yes well these video as meant to be School Appropriate so naturally I have to leave out certain aspects of artists lives and sensor sexual content etc.
@@LillianGrayArttotally fair! Just gave me a laugh was all 😂
Ocular migraines can look like this!
I've done many Ketamine Treatments for my Depression and they look a lot like a Kusama Infinity room.
The information contained in this video is very insightful. However, the overly dramatic delivery and childlike illustrations take much away from what would otherwise be a great video. Kusama did not have hallucinations she had visions. The pejorative term "hallucination" used throughout this video is a disservice to those who are aware of realities beyond the 3D mainstream consensus "reality" considered "normal" on planet earth.
Thank you Jeka, really appreciate your feedback. Our channel is aimed at teaching kids art, hence the dramatization and cartoons.
Ocular migraines can look like this!!!
Indeed. Also Ketamine for Depression Treatments
To say Warhol copied Kusama is pure bullshit, I stopped listening after that.
I also thought that at first. But Ive done a lot of research about it. Art is all about starting a dialogue not shutting options out. Just Google it for a bit and see what you find.
@@LillianGrayArt I'm an artist myself and there are trends in art in every era, an artistic zeitgeist if you will. To say that any one artist is responsible for an entire movement, with the possible exception of Picasso, is poor scholarship. Putting that in a video no less doesn't help the reputations of Yayoi Kusama or yourself. I'm well aware that politics has history being written all over again for the women and minorities who were left out in the past. Kusama's no Warhol and I don't need to google that.
She was copied by her male peers though, and you don't need to be an artist to know that. Artspace magazine and the BBC news both wrote articles about that ^^
@@olivia243 Bullshit, she's no Warhol, and you don't need to an artist to know that! ...btw, I do happen to like her exhibitions, but she's redundant and not what you'd call a brilliant painter.
@@timages you are just mad that kusamasan has people who enjoy her art. I love Andy but he has had a lot of plagiarism accusations.
so we just going to ignore the psycho sexual shit and horrific abse that caused maladaptive day dreaming ? cool cool
Hi Kotie, yes we deliberately left out the sexual content. Our channel aims to create School Friendly content
I think it's ugly
Fair enough, we don't all have to like the same kind of art. Lots of different styles to choose from.