Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Kusama

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1144760740

Responsibility statement

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

Sub title

cosmic nature

Summary

"KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is the accompanying catalog 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, catalog 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

Table Of 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

Target audience

adult

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Cosmic nature

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