Yayoi Kusama. Narcissism, Abstract and Minimalism: Everything merges with her inner vulnerability.
In this essay I will examine the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, focusing on her performances and their meaning through her body's mental state as it progressed. I will also reflect on any potential narcissistic indications in her work. In addition, I will concentrate on her mental illness and how she used it in and through her art. I will investigate how much she has contributed towards, and what impact she has made on the art world. I would like to collate and analyse the existing literature and sources of information about her, concentrating on the fundamentals of abstract art and minimalism. This will be in order to understand why and how she exposes her inner vulnerability, which comes from her mental disorder, in her field of art, and shares it with the viewer.
To answer these questions, it is necessary to discuss her works in more detail. She has a variety of works which would be very interesting to talk about and discuss further. However, this essay will be particularly centred on two of her works. The first one was Infinity Mirror Room - Phalli's Field, which was part of her first solo exhibition Floor Show. It was held at the Castellane Gallery, in New York, in 1965. The second one is Self-Obliteration Room which was first staged at the Queensland Art Gallery in 2002.
Kusama's work is based on conceptual art, and further visible attributes of her work are
In this essay I will examine the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, focusing on her performances and their meaning through her body's mental state as it progressed. I will also reflect on any potential narcissistic indications in her work. In addition, I will concentrate on her mental illness and how she used it in and through her art. I will investigate how much she has contributed towards, and what impact she has made on the art world. I would like to collate and analyse the existing literature and sources of information about her, concentrating on the fundamentals of abstract art and minimalism. This will be in order to understand why and how she exposes her inner vulnerability, which comes from her mental disorder, in her field of art, and shares it with the viewer.
To answer these questions, it is necessary to discuss her works in more detail. She has a variety of works which would be very interesting to talk about and discuss further. However, this essay will be particularly centred on two of her works. The first one was Infinity Mirror Room - Phalli's Field, which was part of her first solo exhibition Floor Show. It was held at the Castellane Gallery, in New York, in 1965. The second one is Self-Obliteration Room which was first staged at the Queensland Art Gallery in 2002.
Kusama's work is based on conceptual art, and further visible attributes of her work are