The author is pictured at age 12, around the time that all the chastity drama began in her family.

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43 x 63 cm. (16.9 x 24.8 in.) ...

Yayoi Kusama was born on March 22 ... She has explained her use of repetition & polka dots as a means to explore infinity as well as obsessively negate the self, such as in her immersive installations ...

Midori Yamamura: My name is Midori Yamamura. And we are right now looking at Yayoi Kusama's Accumulation No. 1. It is made out of a scavenged armchair covered with sewn, stuffed protrusions. She ...