In conjunction with the anniversary of M+, 200 works by the Japanese contemporary artist, with some dating back to the end of the Second World War, will be shown from November
M+ is set to celebrate its first anniversary with Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now, which will open on November 12. This exhibition will feature 200 pieces of Kusama’s work drawn from the M+ Collection, museums and private collections from across Asia, Europe and the US, and from the artist’s own collection.
This will be Asia’s biggest Kusama exhibition outside of Tokyo, and will run until May 14, 2023. Co-curated by M+’s deputy director, curatorial and chief curator Doryun Chong and independent curator Mika Yoshitake, the show will showcase a comprehensive selection of the 93-year-old’s art, spanning from her earliest creative work to her most recent. Presented chronologically, the exhibition will be displayed throughout M+ and according to the themes: Infinity, Accumulation, Radical Connectivity, Biocosmic, Death, and Force of Life.
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Keep your eyes peeled for Death of Nerves (2022), a large-scale installation commissioned by M+ that drapes from the ground floor to the B2 level; Dots Obsession—Aspiring to Heaven’s Love (2022), an immersive mirrored space; and two large sculptures titled Pumpkin (2022), which are available for free public viewing in the Main Hall.
“Kusama is one of the most influential and inspiring artists of our time,” says Chong says. “Her Asian roots, transnational history, as well as her singular artistic language and philosophy that she has developed from the 1940s to now, have all contributed to making her the leading cultural figure she is now globally.” He adds that this is the first time the full trajectory of Kusama’s art will be presented in Greater China in a comprehensive and retrospective manner.
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