{"id":425,"date":"2008-02-23T13:05:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=425"},"modified":"2008-02-23T13:05:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T20:05:00","slug":"going-dotty-for-yayoi-kusama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2008\/02\/going-dotty-for-yayoi-kusama\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Dotty for Yayoi Kusama"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/Honkan\/Yayoi_Kusama\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8B8icv5XTI\/AAAAAAAACJg\/bJj_El4Vl5s\/s320\/Yayoi_Kusama.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170269303495810354\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic;font-size:85%;\" >Yayoi Kusama<\/span><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"> <\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Photo source: <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.momat.go.jp\/Honkan\/Yayoi_Kusama\/\">Click here<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I am enthralled by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/indexes\/2008\/02\/24\/style\/t\/index.html#pageName=24kusama\">a story on 80-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama<\/a> in the New York Times Style Magazine. Is Kusama a disturbed outsider artist or a cunning Warholesque manipulator preoccupied with her own fame? Who knows? Either way, I&#8217;m in love with her tactile, polka-dotted art.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yayoi-kusama.jp\/e\/happening\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8B-Csv5XUI\/AAAAAAAACJo\/G_OghznrsBw\/s320\/kusamahorse.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170270957058219330\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Kusama in the &#8217;60s<br \/>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.yayoi-kusama.jp\/e\/happening\/index.html\">Yayoi Kusama<br \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The artist personifies her aesthetic. And possibly shares wigs with Britney Spears.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8B-hMv5XVI\/AAAAAAAACJw\/fxNvYGYp_Ng\/s1600-h\/kusamared.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8B-hMv5XVI\/AAAAAAAACJw\/fxNvYGYp_Ng\/s320\/kusamared.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170271481044229458\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Source: <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yayoi-kusama.jp\/e\/information\/index.html\">Yayoi Kusama<\/a> <\/span><\/div>\n<p>Law &amp; Order reruns would be even more enjoyable if I could watch them from the comfort of my Kusama-designed couch.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yayoi-kusama.jp\/e\/goods\/03.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_gTmdbGeiE-E\/R8B_0Mv5XWI\/AAAAAAAACJ4\/TdSCoHpvwNM\/s320\/kusamacouch.gif\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5170272906973371746\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size:85%;\"><span style=\"font-style: italic;\">Source: <\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yayoi-kusama.jp\/e\/goods\/03.html\">Yayoi Kusama<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">More interesting photos <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moma.org\/exhibitions\/1998\/kusama\/index.html#circles\">here<\/a>. Hmm. I got some polka-dotted stones at the <a href=\"http:\/\/wbjewelry.blogspot.com\/2008\/02\/adventures-in-arizona-part-ii.html\">Tucson Gem Show<\/a>.  I will have to do a Kusama-inspired design now.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yayoi Kusama Photo source: Click here I am enthralled by a story on 80-year-old artist Yayoi Kusama in the New York Times Style Magazine. Is Kusama a disturbed outsider artist or a cunning Warholesque manipulator preoccupied with her own fame? Who knows? Either way, I&#8217;m in love with her tactile, polka-dotted art. 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