I know it has been a while since I shared a Wednesday Icon with you but this one is worth the wait!
Today I have chosen a woman who has been named the most famous living artist right now. The force of nature that is Yayoi Kusama.
Now this woman is extraordinary! I am a huge fan of her work and of her. Yayoi Kusama is a painter, film maker, sculptor, entrepreneur, fashion designer, ect, the list really does go on! Before you sits a women who put herself into a mental institution because she feared what she would do to herself, a woman who lived in a flat in New York with no heating so all she could do to keep herself warm was to paint manically till she could paint no more, I'm talking days without sleep and not much food. Her work is all about self-obliteration, she covers everything she sees in dots to return it to its natural state. Her dots have made her famous, in the 60's she used to cover bodies in dots at raves, which soon turned into orgies, and used to have naked demonstrations around New York.
Her work is sold for billions and the price is only going up for this artist. She had a huge exhibition on at the Tate Modern a couple of years ago which brought her work to the attention of new generations.
She has also collaborated with fashion house Louis Vuitton, and appeared in Selfridges windows all over the world. Celebrities were also desperate to wear her pieces and Mr George Clooney also grazed the front cover of W Magazine in one of her suits.
If you are interested in this fascinating women I would recommend the autobiography Infinity Net, click here to be taken to the Tate shop to see the book. I have not been able to put it down, if you want to learn more about this woman please have a read there are too many interesting facts to write all in this one post.
I hope she inspires you all to research more into her life, a truly fascinating talent, one I am sure the world will never see again.
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