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Yayoi Kusama

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Yayoi Kusama was a Japanese contemporary artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation. She was also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry and fiction. Her work was based in conceptual art and shows attributes of feminism, minimalism, surrealism, art brut, pop art and abstract expressionism, infused with autobiographical, psychological and sexual content.

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1929 1
Death Year
2026 1
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Pop Art, Movements
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a Japanese contemporary artist who worked primarily in sculpture and installation
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Japanese sculpture and installation artist (1929-2026)
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She was a part of the New York avant-garde scene throughout the 1960s, especially in the pop-art movement.
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