Who wears vermilion wigs, has lived in a mental institution for the majority of her life, and is today's highest-selling living artist by both sales and volume? THE one and only Yayoi Kusama - that's who!
Resources:
“10 Things to Know About Yayoi Kusama”; Christies; www.christies.com
“How Yayoi Kusama, the ‘Infinity Mirrors’ Visionary, Channels Mental Illness Into Art”; Anna Fifield; The Washington Post; (2017).
MoMA : https://www.moma.org/collection/works/163826
Tate Modern Exhibition: Yayoi Kusama; www.tate.org.uk
“The Inexhaustible Creations of Yayoi Kusama | Brilliant Ideas Ep. 53”; Bloomberg Markets and Finance; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reVBAbo5VU8
“Why Yayoi Kusama Matters Now More Than Ever”; ARTiculations; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iT360Glhb9o
“Yayoi Kusama Artworks”; The Art Story; www.theartstory.org
“Yayoi Kusama’s Extraordinary Survival Story”; Cath Pound; www.bbc.com (92018)
“Yayoi Kusama – Obsessed with Polka Dots”; Tate Museum; YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRZR3nsiIeA
Georgia O'Keeffe was a modernist woman before her time. Her art was both controversial and personal.
Join us in learning about the Mother of American Modernism.
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RESOURCES:
ArtFund UK
The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum of New Mexico
Georgia O’Keeffe short film by Lisa Vreeland
“360 Journey Inside the World of Georgia O’Keeffe” by Happy Finish
“Georgia O’Keeffe” by Randall Griffin, published by Phaidon
“Studies in the Psychology of Sex”; Havelock Ellis
Art of Place will officially launch on June 1st, 2020