Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist whose artistic endeavours have spanned painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, performance, film, printmaking, installation and environmental art as well as literature, fashion and product design. The motifs and patterns used by Kusama have their roots in hallucinations from which she has suffered since she was a little girl, in which the world appears to her to be covered with proliferating forms. Kusama’s art creates a bridge between abstract expressionism and minimalism. She is the first woman to be honoured with the prestigious medal for drawings and sculptures. Kusama represented Japan at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993.

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