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Kusama moved to the US in the late 1950s, making a splash in New York’s avant-garde scene and winning fame for her provocative ‘happenings’
Japan’s Yayoi Kusama, one of the world’s most celebrated contemporary artists, has died aged 97, her company said yesterday, triggering tributes from around the world.The “polka dot queen” channeled hallucinations and battles with mental health into vibrant art featuring her trademark dots, nets and infinity motifs over a career spanning decades and continents.“Throughout an extraordinary lifetime devoted entirely to artistic creation, Kusama pursued an internationally acclaimed career as a pioneering avant-garde artist whose creative practice encompassed visual art, performance, fiction and poetry,” a statement said, announcing her death on Aug. 14.
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses for a photograph inside her infinity mirrored room installation The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away in New York on Nov. 7, 2013.
“She continued to paint until her final days, never setting aside her brush, and continued exploration of forever love and eternal soul,” it added.Born in 1929 to a wealthy and conservative family, Kusama began producing her unique signature art aged 10.
