KUSAMA, Yayoi.

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Eien no genzai. = Eternity-Modernity. First edition, signed by the author in 2005. It was published to celebrate the popular "Yayoi Kusama: Eternity-Modernity" exhibition, first held at the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo from 25 October to 19 December 2004, then in four other museums around the country. Alongside images of some of her most famous pieces, such as Pumpkin, are critical essays on her creative process.Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026) is known for her "exhilarating oeuvre of polka-dotted paintings, stuffed cloth phalloi and provocative happenings, films and installations, as well as a curate's egg of novels and poetry" (Masters). After spending her early life in Japan, she moved to New York in 1958 and contributed heavily to the avant-garde art trends of the 1960s and 1970s. Her signature polka dots were inspired by the hallucinations she suffered from her whole life; art was her escape from her mental illness.The "Yayoi Kusama: Eternity-Modernity" exhibition opened first in Tokyo, then toured through Kyoto, Hiroshima, Kumamoto, and Matsumoto. The essays in this catalogue were contributed by curators from four of these art museums. They include a brief biography, discussions of her mental illness and its impact on her artwork, and a reflection by one curator on his history working with her. There is also a timeline of her exhibitions to date; a bibliography of her published works, interviews, news articles, and essays; and a list of artworks shown at the "Eternity-M

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