Yayoi

References:

1. Yayoi Kusama (1929 Japan)

2. The Art of Zen, 'Yayoi Kusama: A Polka-Dotted Revolution in Art', The Art of Zen, https://theartofzen.org/yayoi-kusama-a-polka-dotted-revolution-in-art/, accessed 15 October 2023.

3. Artdex, 'Obsessed with Dots: Yayoi Kusama’s Endless Exploration of Infinity', Artdex, https://www.artdex.com/obsessed-with-dots-yayoi-kusamas-endless-exploration-of-infinity/, accessed 15 October 2023.

4. Masterworks Insights, 'Understanding Sexuality in Yayoi Kusama’s Art', Masterworks Insights, https://insights.masterworks.com/art/artists/understanding-sexuality-in-yayoi-kusamas-art/, accessed 15 October 2023.

5. The Armchair

6. Artsy Editorial, '6 Works That Explain Yayoi Kusama’s Rise to Art Stardom', Artsy, https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-6-works-explain-yayoi-kusamas-rise-art-stardom, accessed 10 October 2023.

7. Accumlation series

8. Kusama, Yayoi, Infinity Mirrored Room—The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013), mixed media, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), https://www.moma.org/collection/works/163826, accessed 15 October 2023.

9. Infinity Net

10. Improvised Life, 'Yayoi Kusama’s Life of Innovating and Reinventing', Improvised Life, 21 November 2013, https://improvisedlife.com/2013/11/21/yayoi-kusamas-life-innovating-reinventing/, accessed 18 February 2025.

11.  Museum of Modern Art, “Yayoi Kusama. The Armchair,” MoMA, n.d., https://www.moma.org/collection/works/163826, accessed 20 February 2025.

12. Masterworks Insights, 'Understanding Sexuality in Yayoi Kusama’s Art', Masterworks Insights, https://insights.masterworks.com/art/artists/understanding-sexuality-in-yayoi-kusamasart/#:~:text=These%20sexual%20themes%20in%20Kusama's,and%20norms%20surrounding%20female%20sexuality, accessed 15 October 2023.

13. Abjection

14. Julia Kristeva (1941 Bulgaria) 

15. Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, 1980

16. Kristeva, Julia, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection (New York: Columbia University Press, 1982), pp. 1-6.

17. Masterworks Insights, 'Understanding Sexuality in Yayoi Kusama’s Art', Masterworks Insights, https://insights.masterworks.com/art/artists/understanding-sexuality-in-yayoi-kusamasart/#:~:text=These%20sexual%20themes%20in%20Kusama's,and%20norms%20surrounding%20female%20sexuality, accessed 15 October 2023.

18. Donald Judd (1928-1994 US)

19. Specific Objects (1965)

20. strange objects

21. Judd, Donald, ‘Specific Objects’, Art Yearbook 8 (1965), reprinted in Complete Writings 1959–1975 (Halifax: Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1975), pp. 181–89.

22. Robert Morris (1931-2018 US)

23.  Notes on Sculpture, 1966

24.  Frank Stella (1936-2024 US)

25. Ad Reinhardt (1913-1967 US)

26. Morris, Robert, ‘Notes on Sculpture’, reprinted in Gregory Battock (ed.), Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology (New York: E.P. Dutton, 1968), pp. 222–35.

27. Eva Hesse (1936-1970 Germany)

28. Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019 US)

29. American Pop art

30. European concrete art

31. Zelevansky, Lynn, and Laura Hoptman, in Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958–1968 [exhibition catalogue] (Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1998), pp. 80-187.

Image and Cover Image Sources:

1.         Yayoi Kusama's The Armchair (from Accumulation No. 1) on MoMA.