Kusama : cosmic nature / Joanna L. Groarke and Mika Yoshitake ; with contributions by Barbara Ambrose, Karen Daubmann, Alex A. Jones, Alexandra Munroe, and Jenni Sorkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groarke, Joanna L., author.

Yoshitake, Mika, author.

Contributor:

New York Botanical Garden, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kusama, Yayoi--Exhibitions.

Kusama, Yayoi.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Cosmic nature

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2021.

Summary:

"KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is the accompanying catalogue to the first comprehensive exploration of the artist's enduring fascination with the natural world, exhibited across the 250-acre landscape of The New York Botanical Garden. The exhibition examines her lifelong awareness and attunement to nature, which serves not merely as a source of inspiration, but is an integral source of power for her artistic language. This profound life force pervades all of Kusama's work, from studies of the molecular to contemplations of the universal, resulting in a transcendent, cosmic nature. Exhibition guest curator Mika Yoshitake, an independent scholar specializing in postwar Japanese art, and Joanna L. Groarke, NYBG exhibitions curator, catalogue co-editors, bring together essays by art historians, curators, and a scientist, who each present unique interpretations of Kusama's engagement with the natural world. Featuring more than 120 drawings, paintings, sculptures, and archival photographs, including stunning views of the works displayed in NYBG's gardens and galleries, KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature offers a new perspective on one of the world's most celebrated contemporary artists."--Publisher description.

Contents:

Foreword / J.V. Cossaboom

Kusama in the garden / Karen Daubmann

“Provisions of nature” : the botanical art of Yayoi Kusama / Joanna L. Groarke

Cosmic nature: embracing the unknown / Mika Yoshitake

“Vision of repetition” : building patterns in plants / Barbara Ambrose

Botanicals for the eye: Yayoi Kusama's flower power / Jenni Sorkin

“Forget yourself and become one with nature!” / Alexandra Munroe

Chronology: Nature and cosmos in the work of Yayoi Kusama / Alex A. Jones

Exhibition checklist

Further reading

Contributors

Endnotes.

Notes:

Published to accompany the exhibition held at New York Botanical Garden.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Kusama, Yayoi. Works. Selections

ISBN:

9780847868391

0847868397

OCLC:

1144760740