Yayoi Kusama

Sculpture

Upper East Side

Until Sun Sep 30 2012

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Yayoi Kusama, Accumulation
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Yayoi Kusama, Late-night Chat is Filled with Dreams
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Yayoi Kusama, I Want to Live Honestly, Like the Eye in the Picture
Image: Courtesy Robert Miller Ga

Yayoi Kusama, Fireflies on the Water

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Yayoi Kusama, Accumulation

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Time Out says

Wed May 2 2012

Representing a homecoming of sorts, the Japanese legend’s Tate retrospective travels to New York. It was here in the 1960s that she first staked her claim on the art world with her dot paintings, nude outdoor happenings, suggestive, tendril-like “Accumulation” sculptures and mirrored “Infinity Room” environments. Having suffered from hallucinations since childhood, Kusama returned to her native Japan in 1977, where she’s resided since as a voluntary patient in a psychiatric hospital. Defying boundaries between outside and inside, West and East, male and female, Kusama is one of contemporary art’s most compelling figures.

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Name:
Whitney Museum of American Art
Address:
Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave
Upper East Side
New York
10021

Cross Street:
at 75th St
Phone:
212-570-3600
Website:
whitney.org
Opening hours:
Wed, Thu, Sat, Sun 11am–6pm; Fri 1–9pm
Transport:
Subway: 6 to 77th St
Price:
$20; seniors, adults 19–25 and students $16; ages 18 and under free
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1. Whitney Museum of American Art
  - 945 Madison Ave
    Upper East Side
    New York
    10021
  - 212-570-3600
  - whitney.org
  - 40.773343,-73.963598

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Art. Installation. Mixed media. Painting. Performance art. Sculpture
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Date Time Price information
Sat Jul 21 2012

11:00am

$18; seniors, adults 19–25 and students $12; ages 18 and under free