Yayoi Kusama.
She is admired by many.
She is also an Instagram sensation in her late 80s.
And it’s all about love in her latest collection.
Now a book, Yayoi Kusama: Festival of Life , documents the artist’s exhibition at David Zwirner’s Chelsea location in New York in late 2017, featuring a selection of paintings from her iconic My Eternal Soul series, new large-scale flower sculptures, a polka-dotted environment, and two Infinity Mirror Rooms. The publication includes new scholarship on the artist by Jenni Sorkin as well as a special foldout poster.
While I have also had an interest in the works of this legendary Japanese artist, who seems to get more inspired with age, what caught my eye now was an article about the makings of this book. In this article, you get the behind the scenes scoop from London-based A Practice for Everyday Life, the design studio behind the book.
The book displays generous amounts of white space throughout, making the text more accessible and less imposing.
Double pages are devoted to display the artist’s masterful pieces.
The red polka dots motif that were essential to the exhibit start on the cover and are picked up throughout the book.
By the way
There is a Yayoi Kusama: Love Is Calling exhibit at Tampa’s Museum of Art Sept. 28-Feb. 14.
In fact, the Tampa Museum of Art exhibit celebrates love with a trifecta, as see in this double page spreads designed by my friend and colleague Pegie Stark for Bay Magazine:
For more information: http://tampamuseum.org/current-exhibitions/
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