Yayoi Kusama: Self Obliteration

The Argentinian director visits the Japanese polka-dot pioneer's Tokyo studio in a candid short.
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[@OchiMochi]

Beautiful. I somehow can understand her. "If I don't paint, I won't exist."

[@theclumsyartwitch2708]

I understand this on a level I can't fully process.

[@nowness]

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[@Teona1212]

Mrs. Yayoi Kusama is a great artist. Her art brought solace themselves, and to others.

[@gelineavenir5905]

She's so original! Her works are brilliant!

[@Californiansurfer]

The work is beautiful, the colors are beautiful. I remember working in Kentucky and returning to California and seeing the colors it was like her art. Love it

[@Acquavallo]

Sooooo well done!

[@karinheinrich3417]

Sadly, this disregards the fact that she was a major influence of the development of international art when younger.

[@LOGICZOMBIE]

Thank you for your contribution.

[@msanchezgambetta]

Su arte me gusta igual, muy aparte de su forma de ser o comportamiento. :) Lindo traajo que inspira.

[@HANAFUBUKI]

Wonderful

[@KerrynMadsenPietsch]

Potent!

[@hallwnby]

This is the person who inspired me most

[@AirynnAlysha]

😞i wish to meet her one day.

[@deniszu3843]

i don't know if you still feel this way, but one night i cried because i wanted to see her so badly while she's still alive... she's 91 right now and most likely will not make any public appearances...

[@user-ku7br1uf8q]

Good directing

[@had0406]

whoa

[@ArtSFBlog]

Yes yes

[@user-mo1jn4cx5b]

草間さんは、今年８９歳になられますが、永遠の少女ですね。。・．・゜。．・¨゜・。。゜・゜。。゜・・゜゜゜・。・草間さんの無限宇宙は永遠に広がり続ける。

[@Starlight-cz1mf]

I had art and art was Yayoi kusama in class art time

[@save752]

error in the credits the man is called alva noto

[@isakdik6248]

polka dot polka dot polka dot polka dot!

[@fangirlm3811]

whats the name of the intro music? i swear ive heard it before

[@RayneShunner]

I was lucky enough to attend one of her exhibition.... Her art piece is just so good....

[@ProtoIndoEuropean88]

it's not art, it's just paintings and a incarnation of her mental illness

[@optimisticboy8603]

@@ProtoIndoEuropean88 It is exactly the definition of ART

[@kaylacarpenter272]

@Aesthetic Cat How do you differentiate? You can't. Illness is biological, but also cultural. The manifestations of it aren't inherently abnormal, as illness is normal.

[@neilzhang8557]

omg ! she is so cute

[@gabbogaffe1477]

I need the name of the font they used for psycho-somatic 😵

[@TnLgamergirl]

Looks like Futura Condensed Extra Bold

[@gabbogaffe1477]

Char Houweling Thanks!

[@marious888]

岡本太郎もすごかったけど。草間彌生は自分自身がアートだ。

[@selinahare]

Self expression

[@miminisneaki_3703]

Yayoi kusama siamo con te

[@logicalasian284]

can I get the song for this

[@TheseOpenRoads]

what is the music??

[@astra7015]

It s spiritual art .Reminds me of aboriginal art

[@XiomiJonasBieber]

Is this video an inspiration of Gaspar Noe's work?

[@imscarlet]

this channel is so posh :p

[@portianagiles8773]

Why does her mouth twitch?? Is she biting her inner cheeks

[@ixchelish]

It could be a side effect of antipsychotic medications, called tardive dyskinesia. It makes uncontrollable movements in the face and sometimes body.

[@dyinteriors]

Time for your medication!

[@jmoney1941]

People fall for this?

[@madera3650]

She is experiencing depersonalization, a psychotic illness and she is trying to make the best of the situation. I also once experienced derialization out of a drug trip, it is a shitty state but you experience so much color

[@kaylacarpenter272]

What is there to fall for? She's a genuinely mentally ill person, who's been in an institution for a majority of her life, and her obsession was so extreme, that she was recognized by the media.