Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Mirror Skate Deck (The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away), 2013
“Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos,” Yayoi Kusama once wrote. …
Coveted limited edition skateboard, signed on the deck and hand numbered from the edition of 500. …
Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama was an influential figure in the postwar New York art scene, staging provocative happenings and exhibiting works such as her “Infinity Nets,” hallucinatory paintings of loops and dots (and physical representations of the idea of infinity). Narcissus Garden, an installation of hundreds of mirrored balls, earned Kusama notoriety at the 1966 Venice Biennale, where she attempted to sell the individual spheres to passersby. Kusama counted Donald Judd and Eva Hesse among her close friends, and is often considered an influence on Andy Warhol and a precursor to Pop art. Since her return to Japan in the 1970s, Kusama's work has continued to appeal to the imagination and the senses, including dizzying walk-in installations, public sculptures, and the "Dots Obsessions" paintings.
“Our earth is only one polka dot among a million stars in the cosmos,” Yayoi Kusama once wrote. “Polka dots are a way to infinity.” Kusama has earned her title as the “Princess of Polka Dots,” covering canvases, sculptures, mirrored rooms, and even pumpkins with colorful spots since the 1950s. For the artist, being …
Coveted limited edition skateboard, signed on the deck and hand numbered from the edition of 500. Brand new condition, in the original back with printed Certificate. This was created in a limited edition on the occasion of Kusama's blockbuster museum show "Infinity Mirrors." Makes a terrific gift. …
Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama was an influential figure in the postwar New York art scene, staging provocative happenings and exhibiting works such as her “Infinity Nets,” hallucinatory paintings of loops and dots (and physical representations of the idea of infinity). Narcissus Garden, an installation of hundreds of mirrored balls, earned Kusama notoriety at the 1966 Venice Biennale, where she attempted to sell the individual spheres to passersby. Kusama counted Donald Judd and Eva Hesse among her close friends, and is often considered an influence on Andy Warhol and a precursor to Pop art. Since her return to Japan in the 1970s, Kusama's work has continued to appeal to the imagination and the senses, including dizzying walk-in installations, public sculptures, and the "Dots Obsessions" paintings.
