Yayoi Kusama

Exhibition ephemera, announcement cards, and printed matter relating to the work of Yayoi Kusama. Objects issued in connection with exhibitions and institutional presentations of the Japanese artist, whose practice spans painting, sculpture, installation, and performance built around repetition, accumulation, and infinity.

  • Centre Pompidou postcard reproducing a 1968 black-and-white photograph by Harry Shunk and János Kender of Yayoi Kusama on the Brooklyn Bridge with nude performers covered in polka dots holding a banner reading “KUSAMA SELF-OBLITERATION.” Centre Pompidou postcard reproducing a 1968 black-and-white photograph of two nude performers covered in Yayoi Kusama polka dots embracing beneath an American flag, with a toy gun visible at right and soft-sculpture forms in the background.

    Yayoi Kusama — Explosion anatomique + Manifestation non identifiée — Pair of Museum Postcards, Éditions Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2019

    Yayoi Kusama — Explosion anatomique + Manifestation non identifiée — Pair of Museum Postcards, Éditions Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2019

  • 2017 Yayoi Kusama exhibition invitation card featuring a studio portrait of the artist seated at a table surrounded by vividly colored *My Eternal Soul* paintings. Kusama wears her signature bright red wig and an orange dress with black polka dots, visually blending into the dense field of reds, blues, dots, and biomorphic patterns surrounding her. Reverse side of a 2017 Yayoi Kusama exhibition invitation card from David Zwirner listing details for the concurrent exhibitions *Festival of Life* and *Infinity Nets* in New York. Black text on white card stock includes dates, gallery addresses, reception information, and exhibition titles.

    Yayoi Kusama — Festival of Life + Infinity Nets — Exhibition Announcement Card, David Zwirner, New York, 2017

    Yayoi Kusama — Festival of Life + Infinity Nets — Exhibition Announcement Card, David Zwirner, New York, 2017