The world-famous, revolutionary artist behind an exhibit currently at the Cincinnati Art Museum has died.
Yayoi Kusama was an acclaimed Japanese avant-garde artist who often drew on her experiences with hallucinations to create colorful paintings, vast installations and more. She is often said to have influenced Andy Warhol.
Kusama died at the age of 97 in a Tokyo hospital on Aug. 14, her company, Yayoi Kusama Inc., announced in a statement on Thursday. No cause of death was given.
Kusama's "All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins" is currently on display at the art museum. The installation, which was created in 2016, embodies much of what Kusama is known for.
Kusama created works that ranged from vibrant dot-colored paintings and pumpkin sculptures
to infinity mirror room installations. "All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins" is an immersive installation that features yellow gourds of different sizes, adorned with black polka dots and surrounded by mirrors.
Kusama had experienced hallucinations since she was a child, and coped by drawing the hallucinations. The images in her hallucinations, such as dots and plants, became reocurring motifs in her artwork. Pumpkins are one of these motifs. When she was 11, she saw her first pumpkin and, when she tried to pick it, it appeared to start speaking to her, according to The Guardian.
The 2016 installation also expresses two of Kusama's characteristic themes, infinity and obsessive repetition, according to the art museum's description.
How to see 'All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins' at the Cincinnati Art Museum
"Yayoi Kusama: All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins" is on display until Sunday, Oct. 18. The exhibit is free for members. Adult tickets cost $17, and discounts are available for seniors, college students and children. Visitors can purchase tickets online starting one month prior to their visit.
The exhibit is free for members and nonmembers every Thursday evening from 5-8 p.m. and on Friday, Aug. 28, and Friday, Sept. 25, from 5-9 p.m. during Art After Dark. Tickets for these free-entry times will be available at 11 a.m. the day-of and must also be reserved online.
For more information, visit cincinnatiartmuseum.org.
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