Yayoi Kusama
After studying Nihonga, traditional Japanese painting, Yayoi Kusama (born 1929 in Japan) left Japan in the mid-1950s for the United States, where she rapidly established herself as a leading figure of the New York avant-garde. Embodying the spirit of the 1960s, her groundbreaking and unclassifiable work challenged the dominant aesthetic of the day, asserting great formal liberty through the use of multiple media, including painting, sculpture, video, installation, environment, and performance. Yayoi Kusama is considered one of the most important post-war and contemporary artists, with exhibitions all over the world. Her work is not only of historical importance, it also appeals to a young and broad audience, and defies art concepts such as Minimal and Pop Art.
2023
English edition
MER. B&L
A complete documentation of Yayoi Kusama's early performative activities in the Netherlands in the 1960s-70s, through a collection of previously unpublished photographs and written and visual accounts from eyewitnesses, showcasing her unique style and engagement with the emerging sexual revolution.
2020
French edition
MER. B&L
The first publication to provide an overview of Kusama's early performative activities, with unpublished photos and forgotten works from private collections.
2009
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
A "picture biography".
2005
French edition
Les presses du réel – Artists' Writings – Miscellaneous
26.00 15.00 €
First French translation of the Kusama's psychedelic novel, published first in 1978 during the exile of the artist in New York.
2002
German edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments, this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
2002
English edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments,
this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
2001
English edition
miscellaneous
Les presses du réel – Avant-gardes – Misceallenous
sold out
Reprint of Kusama's porno-artistic tabloid of 1969.
2001
French edition
Les presses du réel – Contemporary art – Monographs
sold out
Coinciding with a travelling show that presented ten specially created environments,
this book assembles the artist's extravagant works of the 60's when she organized performances, happenings and orgies in the streets of New York, as well as the environments of the 80's and 90's that distort reality to propose near-hallucinatory experiences.
