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I think I went to one of her exhibitions when I was little. I remember a lot of big and small pink balls with black dots on them. I didn’t know she was such a big artist and didn’t think anything special about it(I actually knew nothing about her before this video). So thank you for the video! now I appreciate my parents for dragging me with them.
Fantastic video. My dad worked with her on several of her experimental films back in the 1960s and 1970s. I learned a lot about her perspective and the importance of her art from this video. I would like to link to this video on my dad's website.
I would too, but then I would be in that line and become sad. As the infinite dots of humanity begin to consume the clean room of the experience, with negative vibes of scarcity. An ironic endpoint? Likely it plays right into the art itself.
i’ve been to the firefly one and it was so beautiful. i just couldn’t really enjoy it with all the little kids running around and shouting. it kind of ruined the experience for me 😔
That was a really great video. I don't think I ever got to see her works in person (I hope to some day), but they seem to have a rare combination of being thought provoking, aesthetically pleasing and very vibrant all at the same time. The comparison to minimalism I found to be the most contradictory one of all - on one hand, she explores this one single shape and its place in the world in a really simplistic way. On the other hand, her works seem to be so elaborate, colorful and dazzling, which is the last thing I would ever associate with minimalism.
I would almost call her a maximalist with all the infinitely replicating dots haha. But then again her ideas are often so simple it’s more like a minimalist motif replicating maximally :P
okay you've earned my subscription. I've been watching a few of your vids and each one is highly interesting and very well presented. The topics may seem trivial but they are things that come to mind when I'm living my daily life so it's nice to see a thorough explanation of them
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoy them. I used to think I was the only one who cared about these little trivial things but turns out I'm not alone haha.
Thank you for putting her work into perspective for me. I just visited Kusama: "Infinity Mirrors" in Cleveland. It was super fun. Yes, you have to book tickets. I was #4500th+ in line when the ticket sales opened to the public, but the line moved quickly and I got the tickets for the time slot I wanted. This was totally worth it. Tickets were timed. The crowd control was exceptional. You have only 20-30 seconds in each of the 7 rooms, but when the lines were not long, I was able to return to all the rooms except the first one that was outside in the museum atrium. There is plenty of her other work outside the mirror rooms as well. Love it. I am tempted to book for a return visit....or I should just savor and contemplate on what I have seen....Thanks again.
Nice! Just recently I got to see her red and yellow pumpkins (and unfortunately missed seeing one of her illuminated infinity rooms), and this video was great to be able learn more about her and her work. A lovely introduction, thank you! :)
Thanks for this. I actually came across it while I was looking up the rock drummer, so I’ve got a double-double post-millennial post-post-modern super-beat education today. She’s always been in my peripheral vision, and now you’ve brought her front and center, right to the center of my table. The sky brightens and multiplies!
With her money hammer, lack of talent, and sheer audacity Yayoi Kusama bashed open some doors that truly talented artists stepped through. I can't respect her as an artist, but I can as a sheer force of nature. She's ten thousand car crashes in a world where people will stop to look at just one.
I'm so amazed and inspired by her art, and how she views the world. I'm going to an exhibition of hers in November, and I feel so fortunate to have the chance to do so.
Thank you so much for this! I'm considering booking a flight to London to see her new exhibit there but the flights aren't cheap so I wanted to find out a bit more about her work first. I'm sold now though. I'm becoming increasingly enamoured with more overtly experiential art.
I also have DID. And i have an artist alter that just do art. Kusama does dots, i am obsessed with shapes. But i only do art when that alter comes out then forget about all my art when i am in another alter. People kept bugging me with my art and i have no idea and couldn't connect or can't undestand why they like my art because i have no idea how i made it. Whatever, don't mind me i'm just blabbering. -Chana: the body's core and host "not the artist"
Maybe so, but they did explain why her work was so fascinating, and drew such large crowds. They also touched on her social and perhaps spiritual relevance. I think that the title was indeed a bit off from the overall story. Good point.
Don't you think the entire body of works is self-explanatory! The infinity rooms...viewers viewing themselves sharing picrures of themselves viewing themselves...her influencing Warhol amongst others...her making bold comments on narcissism? Hint...hint...
Go as early in the morning as you can to these exhibits! They get unbearable when there's a lot of people queuing for the infinity rooms and they only let 4 people in at a time for 30 sec each...
ARTiculations Wow you had to book? I may have been lucky I saw the exhibition in Helsinki and since it's a smaller city there was no need for booking. But thanks for the video, it was excellently made and informative, and it made me appreciate what I saw even more. :)
Yes I am a staff and member at the AGO and still had to book a time slot haha. You saw the In Infinity show at the HAM right? I would have loved to see that one. I think you would have seen the original 1993 "pumpkin" room. The one this show has is a later version, but it's still a super awesome piece.
I love these...sometimes they're at downtown L.A. at the Broad - only went there went they didn't have it, just once, though an opera hall had so,methiong like tha.t.
I was so filled with joy when I finally went inside the mirrored room✨✨✨✨✨ creation at the Broad Museum last year, June, 2019. And was also fortunate enough to see her pumpkin exhibit in Miami in January, 2020. I would love to see her obliteration exhibit one day, soon.
Looks like I'm binge watching now. I would like to go to an infinity room blindfolded, or an obliteration room and start cleaning it and film her reaction. No disrespect, I just want to participate in her art in an unexpected way.
Longing for the infinity of the unobservable universe,? Wanna see the effect of infitity, then watvch these miraclous effect videos! They're satisfaying and relaxing!
To me art speaks first and foremost to my more emotional, esthetic, non-verbal, non-rational and non-intellectual part of my brain. Rational thought is power and beautiful, but has its limitations. I regard myself as begin an intellectual, but believe that rational thought has become too dominant as the principal lense through which we experience the world. For me this is nowhere more true than in most of twentieth century art. Modern art, music and architecture started down an ugly dead-end when artists started allowing themselves to be primarily lead by intellectual constructs instead of non-verbal emotional esthetics. There is simply too much navel-gazing, over-intellectualization in modern art.
No, what I'm wondering is what does "internet breaking ticket sales' mean? Does it mean the site selling the tickets broke the web page? cause it's not like she's the only one who's done that before. The 2nd thing I'm wondering is, did my right ear just become half def as well as it's normal tinnitus?
Do young women in short skirts visit her exhibitions with predictable regularity more than other exhibitions of similar stature? I suspect I am on to something.
At 3:30 point in ur video those two men(“artists”) STOLE Yayoi Kusamas ideas of using soft sculpture and wallpaper mediums . Kusama had produced art using those 2 mediums before the 2 male artists did. Neither male artist acknowledged Kusama for originating the idea. typical
The fact that her works sell for millions is not indicative of real art value. Kusama`s work can be done by just about anyone. her repetitive style is exactly that, repetitive and boring. can`t believe she`d have the same art style for such a long time. I mean, if you like it, go for it, but don`t try to make us believe that what Kusama does is transcendental and important.
One of the most influential people??? Hardly. Only in the art world where her ‘arts and crafts’ are seen as genius. If artist were geniuses, there would not be trends in art styles. Their would only be genius. Albert Einstein’s genius is still genius and always will be unless proven wrong. Genius cannot be a subjective term.
A very interesting and educational video, but here's a suggestion: try not to go so high in tone at the start of every new sentence. Not only does it sounds amateurish, it's rather irritating for the ear. You have a nice voice, so try to keep it calm throughout the narration. :)
Only dots and nothing else. Maybe she's Yoko Ono's cousin. A good business for art sellers since the product doesn't require that long and it's not elaborated. Fill a room with dots and that's a Yayoi Kusama. Bullshit.
Bored Panda Agree that there's a subjective opinion. However if for you filling a room with dots and mirrors is a great art.. I think I'd prefer a planetarium to have an infinite spatial feeling. And yes. She's a product a of art market sellers. It's fast and easy for their business.
@Rodolfo Hidalgo I think you're missing the point. Lots of people connect to the work on an emotional level. By the way, you must be lots of fun at parties!
Oh please, art is subjective. You don't like her art, fine. No need to insult it. Her art isn't exactly my cup of tea either however I can't ignore the introspective ideas and immersive magic she puts in her art.
Re artist I didn't really think I'd have much to say about this celebration of mental illness.., especially because, when people are THIS far gone, it's usually impossible to rescue them. ....Begging the question.., why would anyone exalt someone so obviously miserable? And it seems so pathetic -- showing us the long lines of "art lovers", queued up for her exhibits.., as if we can't understand that people do so with a sense of desperation and relief, when they discover someone just as lost as THEY are. So, dear madam.., please come back down to earth, before it's too late.., or her fate awaits you. Perhaps finding a dance class, and learning to polka.. is the cure you require. The Japanese would be so much more evolved and tranquil, if more of them played the accordion.
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The progress of her work throughout her life shows maturity and dedication.
Even if someone doesn't like it,it's respectful....
LEFT EAR. ʳᶦᵍʰᵗ ᵉᵃʳ
I think I went to one of her exhibitions when I was little. I remember a lot of big and small pink balls with black dots on them. I didn’t know she was such a big artist and didn’t think anything special about it(I actually knew nothing about her before this video). So thank you for the video! now I appreciate my parents for dragging me with them.
I love what she’s created for us!
Thank you, Yayoi Kusama🌹
and what is so great about what she has created?
Fantastic video. My dad worked with her on several of her experimental films back in the 1960s and 1970s. I learned a lot about her perspective and the importance of her art from this video. I would like to link to this video on my dad's website.
I'd love to see one of Kusama's exhibitions one day.
myrmidryad I've seen one and its amazing
I would too, but then I would be in that line and become sad. As the infinite dots of humanity begin to consume the clean room of the experience, with negative vibes of scarcity. An ironic endpoint? Likely it plays right into the art itself.
i’ve been to the firefly one and it was so beautiful. i just couldn’t really enjoy it with all the little kids running around and shouting. it kind of ruined the experience for me 😔
She will be in NYC at the NY Botanical Garden May-November 2020.
@@sheepshark It is currently showing there for the next month or so.
This is one of the most informative videos on the subject, tysm
That was a really great video.
I don't think I ever got to see her works in person (I hope to some day), but they seem to have a rare combination of being thought provoking, aesthetically pleasing and very vibrant all at the same time.
The comparison to minimalism I found to be the most contradictory one of all - on one hand, she explores this one single shape and its place in the world in a really simplistic way. On the other hand, her works seem to be so elaborate, colorful and dazzling, which is the last thing I would ever associate with minimalism.
I would almost call her a maximalist with all the infinitely replicating dots haha. But then again her ideas are often so simple it’s more like a minimalist motif replicating maximally :P
She's my favorite grandma!
Great presentation of Kusama' s work!!
She is amazing, her work is amazing. Her installations are a real challenge, let go if u can.
okay you've earned my subscription. I've been watching a few of your vids and each one is highly interesting and very well presented. The topics may seem trivial but they are things that come to mind when I'm living my daily life so it's nice to see a thorough explanation of them
Thanks so much! I'm glad you enjoy them. I used to think I was the only one who cared about these little trivial things but turns out I'm not alone haha.
Thank you for putting her work into perspective for me. I just visited Kusama: "Infinity Mirrors" in Cleveland. It was super fun. Yes, you have to book tickets. I was #4500th+ in line when the ticket sales opened to the public, but the line moved quickly and I got the tickets for the time slot I wanted. This was totally worth it. Tickets were timed. The crowd control was exceptional. You have only 20-30 seconds in each of the 7 rooms, but when the lines were not long, I was able to return to all the rooms except the first one that was outside in the museum atrium. There is plenty of her other work outside the mirror rooms as well. Love it. I am tempted to book for a return visit....or I should just savor and contemplate on what I have seen....Thanks again.
We got 45 seconds in Los Angeles at the Broad Museum.
This video is an amazing review of Kusama's world. I loved it 💙
Thank you for the video but even more thanks for the introduction to the music of Chris Zabriskie.
It's a pleasure of listening to it.
Nice! Just recently I got to see her red and yellow pumpkins (and unfortunately missed seeing one of her illuminated infinity rooms), and this video was great to be able learn more about her and her work. A lovely introduction, thank you! :)
There is a permanent Kusama infinity room in LA! Vidcon side trip perhaps? =D
Fantastic videos so far! Great work, keep it up!
Lovely, articulate and beautiful exploration. Her work occupies a powerful, resonate, unique space
Thanks for this. I actually came across it while I was looking up the rock drummer, so I’ve got a double-double post-millennial post-post-modern super-beat education today. She’s always been in my peripheral vision, and now you’ve brought her front and center, right to the center of my table. The sky brightens and multiplies!
I m enchanted through the screen watching her art damn that's something different and enticing
She's a Goddess. I LOVE her work. A real genius. LOVE YOU YAYOI ..from Australia 🧡🧡🧡🇦🇺
With her money hammer, lack of talent, and sheer audacity Yayoi Kusama bashed open some doors that truly talented artists stepped through.
I can't respect her as an artist, but I can as a sheer force of nature. She's ten thousand car crashes in a world where people will stop to look at just one.
hey, just wanted to say that i really enjoyed the way you presented this. thanks.
😳Wow, I'm speechless..✌🏽💙
I'm so amazed and inspired by her art, and how she views the world. I'm going to an exhibition of hers in November, and I feel so fortunate to have the chance to do so.
Nice are you going to see the show at High Museum?
ARTiculations Yes! We just got tickets before November sold out.
Awesome I hope you have fun! I luckily got to see that show twice and I still wish I could see it again!!
Twice? I've never seen it once! c:
Great video! Awesome summary or Kusama's path!
This was an amazing informative video. Thank you, Thank you and Thank you.
I think the people that critique it don't get it. She's a rich crazy woman who sells low skill derivative art for millions; that's fascinating!
Thank you very much for this very educational video! I know much more about Kusama now!
Her works make me smile!
Thank you for such a great video 😄
her work + VR = win
she will be in NYC at the NY Botanical Garden May-November 2020.
I've been to one of these (been in obliteration room too!) at a Yayoi Kusama exhibition in Singapore. Great stuff.
Wow... I really like her artworks... especially the mirror and light rooms:)
Thank you I really enjoyed your video!
Trully and Avant Garde and futuristic. Her mind is out of this world and so beautiful! It's happy and quite infantile.
Cool! Thanks for this video. Very fascinating art. :-)
I saw one of her exhibitions in Tokyo last year, it was cool :)
Great video. Thank you!
she has always inspired me.
wow! I learned something new here! thank u!
The infinity net series is basically a copy of indigenous Australian dot paintings of the Northern Territory.
I gotta see her works in person!!!
Thank you so much for this! I'm considering booking a flight to London to see her new exhibit there but the flights aren't cheap so I wanted to find out a bit more about her work first. I'm sold now though. I'm becoming increasingly enamoured with more overtly experiential art.
Hope you enjoy the show and enjoy London!! I’m sure you’ll love it! :)
Let's create a new subgenre called "Kusamapunk"
wich is basically Sci-Fi with polka dot's
🤮
I also have DID. And i have an artist alter that just do art. Kusama does dots, i am obsessed with shapes. But i only do art when that alter comes out then forget about all my art when i am in another alter. People kept bugging me with my art and i have no idea and couldn't connect or can't undestand why they like my art because i have no idea how i made it.
Whatever, don't mind me i'm just blabbering.
-Chana: the body's core and host "not the artist"
Yayoi Kusama's art is infinite, just like the fucking line outside her exhibitions
"Why Yayoi Kusama Matters Now More Than Ever" I am not sure you answered that question, you just introduced the artist.
Maybe so, but they did explain why her work was so fascinating, and drew such large crowds. They also touched on her social and perhaps spiritual relevance. I think that the title was indeed a bit off from the overall story. Good point.
Don't you think the entire body of works is self-explanatory! The infinity rooms...viewers viewing themselves sharing picrures of themselves viewing themselves...her influencing Warhol amongst others...her making bold comments on narcissism? Hint...hint...
The crowds just follow what the media told them.
Yeah no one answer the question
"why does she matters ?" what impact did she made on the world ? this video doesn't answer the question.
07:05 - 07:33 because her art(subjects) reflect our society as it is now.
Go as early in the morning as you can to these exhibits! They get unbearable when there's a lot of people queuing for the infinity rooms and they only let 4 people in at a time for 30 sec each...
Yes it can get quite hectic. But when I booked my tickets only slots after 2pm was available on the day I wanted :(
ARTiculations Wow you had to book? I may have been lucky I saw the exhibition in Helsinki and since it's a smaller city there was no need for booking. But thanks for the video, it was excellently made and informative, and it made me appreciate what I saw even more. :)
Yes I am a staff and member at the AGO and still had to book a time slot haha. You saw the In Infinity show at the HAM right? I would have loved to see that one. I think you would have seen the original 1993 "pumpkin" room. The one this show has is a later version, but it's still a super awesome piece.
I love that she does patents I would live to meet her
This is the Yoko Ono of the art world! Esta señora es la Yoko Ono del mundo del arte!
I wonder how many will like to go and add dots stickers on the walls today. Nup, quarantine is in, color dots are oooout!
Great video! Just wish the audio was less pitchy, or the narrator could not start each sentence with such a dramatic high note!
I love these...sometimes they're at downtown L.A. at the Broad - only went there went they didn't have it, just once, though an opera hall had so,methiong like tha.t.
I was so filled with joy when I finally went inside the mirrored room✨✨✨✨✨ creation at the Broad Museum last year, June, 2019. And was also fortunate enough to see her pumpkin exhibit in Miami in January, 2020. I would love to see her obliteration exhibit one day, soon.
How does technology help contemporary artists with their art?
Love her art work. Regards J.J Pokrak Compmaturism
So Amazing :)
Fabulous art.....
dang I never even heard of her till now but I see influences of her work all the time what a shame
There is also an infinity room in the Phoenix art museum in az
Ooh nice I'll have to compile a list of where they all are and do a road trip (if I ever get the time haha).
Kusama want's love and peace.
insert gif of mind = blown
what was phobia called for this kinda shape again?
Looks like I'm binge watching now. I would like to go to an infinity room blindfolded, or an obliteration room and start cleaning it and film her reaction. No disrespect, I just want to participate in her art in an unexpected way.
And I ran, I ran so far away...
nice :)
I love you
Longing for the infinity of the unobservable universe,? Wanna see the effect of infitity, then watvch these miraclous effect videos! They're satisfaying and relaxing!
To me art speaks first and foremost to my more emotional, esthetic, non-verbal, non-rational and non-intellectual part of my brain. Rational thought is power and beautiful, but has its limitations. I regard myself as begin an intellectual, but believe that rational thought has become too dominant as the principal lense through which we experience the world. For me this is nowhere more true than in most of twentieth century art. Modern art, music and architecture started down an ugly dead-end when artists started allowing themselves to be primarily lead by intellectual constructs instead of non-verbal emotional esthetics. There is simply too much navel-gazing, over-intellectualization in modern art.
No, what I'm wondering is what does "internet breaking ticket sales' mean? Does it mean the site selling the tickets broke the web page? cause it's not like she's the only one who's done that before.
The 2nd thing I'm wondering is, did my right ear just become half def as well as it's normal tinnitus?
Do young women in short skirts visit her exhibitions with predictable regularity more than other exhibitions of similar stature? I suspect I am on to something.
Hello from 2018
I recognise your accent your canadian
I'm live in DC and I'm planning to take 300ug of LSD and walk around
Why are you standing so far to my left?
Who also here for English/art for online class
At 3:30 point in ur video those two men(“artists”) STOLE Yayoi Kusamas ideas of using soft sculpture and wallpaper mediums .
Kusama had produced art using those 2 mediums before the 2 male artists did.
Neither male artist acknowledged Kusama for originating the idea.
typical
K’sama.
ya ya
The fact that her works sell for millions is not indicative of real art value. Kusama`s work can be done by just about anyone. her repetitive style is exactly that, repetitive and boring. can`t believe she`d have the same art style for such a long time. I mean, if you like it, go for it, but don`t try to make us believe that what Kusama does is transcendental and important.
Human still suck, you know. That's the problem. No amount of art can solve that.
点........dot............dian
Thats Hampart I don't like her
Art is subjective.
One of the most influential people??? Hardly. Only in the art world where her ‘arts and crafts’ are seen as genius.
If artist were geniuses, there would not be trends in art styles. Their would only be genius. Albert Einstein’s genius is still genius and always will be unless proven wrong. Genius cannot be a subjective term.
A very interesting and educational video, but here's a suggestion: try not to go so high in tone at the start of every new sentence. Not only does it sounds amateurish, it's rather irritating for the ear. You have a nice voice, so try to keep it calm throughout the narration. :)
I hate conveyor belt art exhibits. Art should be personal. This is anything but.
She just sculpts something, puts dots randomly and is called one of the most influential people in the world, WTF
I paint dots. Give me money
Lmaooooo..this comment made my day..keep mocking yourself
Only dots and nothing else. Maybe she's Yoko Ono's cousin. A good business for art sellers since the product doesn't require that long and it's not elaborated. Fill a room with dots and that's a Yayoi Kusama. Bullshit.
Art is subjective. What is art for one person may not be art for someone else.
brionbact That's an argumentum ad hominem. Not a very interesting response.
Bored Panda Agree that there's a subjective opinion. However if for you filling a room with dots and mirrors is a great art.. I think I'd prefer a planetarium to have an infinite spatial feeling. And yes. She's a product a of art market sellers. It's fast and easy for their business.
@Rodolfo Hidalgo I think you're missing the point. Lots of people connect to the work on an emotional level. By the way, you must be lots of fun at parties!
So sex sells and do the same thing over and over. Got it.
DMT
The most overrated plastic artist now days.
Oh please, art is subjective. You don't like her art, fine. No need to insult it. Her art isn't exactly my cup of tea either however I can't ignore the introspective ideas and immersive magic she puts in her art.
Does anyone else find her artwork really disturbing and grotesque? Is that what's she's going for?
As far as i know, yes.
Her painting makes me nauseous.
I am so sad to hear that. Her painting gives me infinite joy.
Re artist
I didn't really think I'd have much to say about this celebration of mental illness.., especially because, when people are THIS far gone, it's usually impossible to rescue them.
....Begging the question.., why would anyone exalt someone so obviously miserable?
And it seems so pathetic -- showing us the long lines of "art lovers", queued up for her exhibits.., as if we can't understand that people do so with a sense of desperation and relief, when they discover someone just as lost as THEY are.
So, dear madam.., please come back down to earth, before it's too late.., or her fate awaits you.
Perhaps finding a dance class, and learning to polka.. is the cure you require. The Japanese would be so much more evolved and tranquil, if more of them played the accordion.
Overrated
Wow sooooo overrated