An ambitious retrospective dedicated to one of the most influential figures of contemporary art and a cultural icon of the 21st century. The exhibition, sponsored by Iberdrola, will immerse the visitor in the obsessive, singular, avant-garde universe of Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929, Japan) that has evolved and unfolded over the seven decades of her extraordinary artistic career. This exhibition has been organized by M+, Hong Kong, in collaboration with the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
Ordered chronologically and thematically, Kusama’s creative production is grouped around the great themes and questions which have guided her creative explorations throughout her life: Infinity, Accumulation, Radical Connectivity, Biocosmic, Death, and Force of Life. The works are moreover situated in the various political and social contexts she has lived through, from the first drawings she made as a teenager during World War II to her most recent immersive works. It gathers a selection of 200 paintings, sculptures, performances, moving images, large-scale installations, and archive materials.
