Yayoi Kusama Interview: Earth is a Polka Dot

Interview with Japan’s legendary artist, who has been painting polka dots ever since she started as an artist. In this video she talks about one of her works, a light installation depicting her cosmic vision.
Yayoi Kusama (b 1929) is the most important contemporary artist living in Japan today. In this video she talks about her life, how her parents were against her becoming an artist and how she decided to go to New York because she wanted to compete with the best artists. She also describes her working process and how she is always surprised by the result.
Interview by Christian Lund, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, London, February 2011.
Interview filmed by: Matthias Pilz.
Kusama's installation filmed by Martin Kogi.
Translation: Nami Yamamoto
Produced by: Martin Kogi and Christian Lund
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Supported by Nordea-fonden.

[@TheModernInvestor]

Watching this almost brought me to tears, she is without a doubt one of my favourite artists of all time

[@mesagoat]

I hear ya on the tears, check!

[@archivedfamilytime8094]

i just need to hug this sweet lady

[@kenrutherford1109]

I'd love to hug her too, but that's just wishful thinking

[@yeranep9443]

What she said about black people being smelly

[@4rifr0mthe3nd]

Sweet? She's not sweet at all, she's racist 💀

[@lenakunzx]

She is amazing. had to cry from the half, much. Yayoi if you read this, you are so nice!

[@berryXjerry216]

She's an amazing artist and she seems so nice!! Respect!

[@themrgumbatron]

Lovely interview and sharing, rarely do we get to appreciate an interview with one of the most prolific contemporary artists. She’s incredible.

[@graciegail]

Thank you ....I love her work and love hearing her talk

[@Fizza111]

I’m doing Yayoi Kusama for my art project because her artwork mesmerizes me a lot She is a very successful person👩‍🎨

[@user-cc6mu6jf2x]

Her work is incredible and she seems more sane than many people.

[@ingridllinas5612]

I wish I could experiment the sensation of being in an infinite room someday. Wondering. How does it feel to be surrounded by polka dots and bright colors? Indeed. Those installations look as the cosmos.

[@leonwilkie8317]

thankyou for sharing your experience Yayo , You are a wonderful creative inspiration.

[@cheryldodd-marko9787]

A gifted artist,🕊🇺🇲💕

[@mr.smiley1060]

Polkadots are my top fave pattern! Miss Yayoi u did a great fantastic job!

[@ed-od9sd]

she is the cutest martian I've ever seen

[@TheZackary1996]

I'm fucking dead thank you for this comment

[@FetishFilms]

SHE is a cute little polkadot!

[@violetinoz5779]

The infinity room is my favorite place on earth , next to Bondi Beach .

[@desertshore]

Beautiful and astonishing art & woman!

[@kenrutherford1109]

I love her orange bob

[@superkidzpackft.hanshaniqa7647]

I love your polka dots very much !!!👸🏻👸🏻👸🏻👑👑👑💌💌💌❤️❤️💛💛💚💚💙💙💜💜💞❣💘💟💓

[@ArtSFBlog]

So good

[@gothsonic]

i like her art but im kinda sad she went through such an extreme way to do it.

[@mesagoat]

like is a joy and a suffer. thru hardship all ze greatest things come! stay strong and you will prosper grasshopper

[@brad349miller]

Shes 95!!!!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@BtracedbylightpicsBlogspot]

Nice!!! Vive l'art!!!

[@laurenrogers3019]

I love hearing her speak Japanese

[@gracekim3186]

I can relate to her story. My mom ripped my tattooing away from me and told me I couldn’t do it because it’s related to the devil. It was my passion to ink people up. The one thing I really had a passion for is gone. Now I don’t draw as much anymore But the few times I do draw I like abstract work too

[@arielsilva1793]

o my. love. love. love.

[@ComboMon-]

Does there have to be a dislike on every video?

[@abbyzain3232]

I thought I was alone...

[@linnh940]

i have a question, what message does she want to bring over to people? and what do you like about her work and why?

[@ilmnt.guidance]

I really think it evokes some particular emotion, that I can't really express. I was pretty lucky to see some of her work in real. It is amazing.

[@mesagoat]

perhaps the universality of us all. we all share this planet, these colors, and we all suffer sometimes. stay strong and persevere thru your hardships. that gives maximum respect to this miraculous existence

[@virginiabueno2040]

QUERIDA AMIGA!! TEM RAZÃO BEIJINHOS 🌺🌼🌸💮💐🥀🌹🏵🏵🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@faaaz2012]

草間さんはすごい。

[@Mrandromedarian]

I think it's an effort to dot the galaxies 100 000 000 000 stars to reach the galaxy core where there are some strange details. Acually there are 4 of them. They look a lot like Yaoi's diagrams. I'm handicapped by my mental approach as well and i think that this approach is the way to become free.

[@hobimayabangtan4617]

Can you explain a little bit more

[@brunoamaral4759]

📌

[@sarahkhan6979]

Bless you ❤mental health matters❤

[@louiskahn6272]

Louiskahn 🎉

[@user-ts8kb8or9s]

Молодец семья что не поддерживала её

[@JICM25]

Fucking got a small loan of 1,000,000 yen...

[@ChrisCoombes]

$7250 in today's money. Must have been a small fortune back then.

[@Badtastemamma]

these bloody polka dots are really difficult to exchange for stuff in the shops, I keep telling them 'earth is a polkadot!

[@user-ts8kb8or9s]

Ну что за бред, что это за картины, можно подумать что она просто больна. Раскрашивать голых мужиков и обалдеть от этого. Нарисовала горошком ах как красиво, вы что с ума все сходите.

[@jimlarsen6782]

I love your art, but the red hair not so much. Your use of dots is genius, and pleasing.