2022-03-24

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Great Art Explained

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Yayoi Kusama lives in a psychiatric institution, which she entered voluntarily in 1977. She is now in her nineties and still works every single day. Known for her repeated dot patterns, her work has been marked with obsessiveness and a desire to escape from trauma. In this video, I show that despite her quirky personality and her status as the most popular artist in the world, she is one of the most radical artists of all time.

This is not a film about a specific artwork. This is a film about the simple polka dot. A dot that has obsessed Kusama for nine decades, from her struggle for recognition, to her later years as an art world sensation.

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"What a brilliant series this is" - Stephen Fry on Twitter 12 December 2020

CREDITS

SUBTITLES

I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at jamespayne33@hotmail.com

Chinese subtitles by Charles Xue

French subtitles: Ludivine Desriac

German Subtitles: Victoria Drabik

Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)

All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel does not claim any right over them.

TV and FILMS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzdXYxrG_do&t=6s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZBC3nmvJb8&t=1069s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT7i507OnOw&t=17s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZR3nsiIeA&t=77s

Atomic bomb - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv4VhZy2L5Y&t=302s

Dali - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbey9RGZEnc

Anti-war footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVNUlOUlMeo&t=185s

BOOKS

Yayoi Kusama by Frances Morris

Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama (Lives of the Artists) by Robert Shore

Music: Jazz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LToIet2BWfI

"Theme" music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LepWMMbYrJw - www.bensound.com" or "Royalty Free Music from Bensound"

All works are © Yayoi Kusama/ Yayoi Kusama Studio, Inc

© Yayoi Kusama. Image courtesy Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc.; Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo; Victoria Miro Gallery, London; and Gagosian Gallery, New York.

© Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo/Singapore/Shanghai and Victoria Miro, London/Venice. © Yayoi Kusama.

Footage © Tate

Footage © Bloomberg

All Artworks © YAYOI KUSAMA

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