Kusama: Infinity

Yayoi Kusama is one of my favorite artists. Loved how this movie embraces the entire life of the artist. Definitely recommend.

Despite being unfamiliar with her work, this documentary caught my interest. I feel sorry that her childhood traumatized her so that she is uninterested in sex. However, being the most famous female artist in the world is a terrific payback.

This is a very insightful documentary into a Japanese artist, which has philosophical and cultural aspects to it. I wasn't aware of her work prior to seeing this but I enjoyed learning about her work and hearing her explain the context of some of her work. Its also interesting hearing her compare her own work to those of her contemporaries and frustrating the clearly sexist barriers that existed in terms of getting her work displayed and taken seriously. This is a good documentary, if your interested in the subject area.

i fell in love with kusama

Yayoi Kusama is one of my favorite artists. It was nice seeing this and it's a must see film for anyone wanting to know about Kusama. As a side note, one of my most valued possessions is a small Kusama art piece.

This documentary recounts the truly remarkable life and carrer of the acclaimed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. At 89 years of age, Kusama has become the best selling female artist in the world. However, as the film will depict she has had to overcome a traumatic childhood, racism, misogynism, and mental illness, and even having her innovations "ripped-off" by other artists. No English subtitles unless accessed through remote control, and the ones that appear when Japanese are spoken are rather small and usually presented against a light background. Stay for the postscripts which contain some wonderful surprises.

This documentary is absolute revelation. Finnaly a portrayal that gets pass the point of focus just on Kusama's psychologichal issues and obsession with dots. After watching this film I gained a new level of appreciation of her as an artist. Her absolute dedication and commitment to her work and believe that one can make this world better through art is ever so inspiring. Congratulations to as equally dedicated director Heather Lenz on brinnging this film to life for us to enjoy.

Kusama is a trailblazer who defied all odds on her journey to become the top selling living female artist. Seeing her treated so unfairly brought me to tears. Ultimately the film is a very inspiring story of an artist who, despite being ahead of her time, figures out how to not only survive, but thrive.

Kusama Infinity is an extraordinary view into the life, mind & passion of trailblazer Yayoi Kusama. The filmmaker lets you experience Kusama's journey on an intimate level so much so that you truly feel the artist's emotions which leave the viewer feeling inspired & heartbroken at the same time. This film is a must see for any art lover or fan of documentaries or biopics.

Director Heather Lenz has created an important, timely, and fascinating film about the brilliant Yayoi Kusama, the now 89-year-old groundbreaking and only recently famous Japanese visual artist. In the early 1960s, Kusama escaped her stifling family to begin her career in New York, where she innovated--as Lenz's film reveals--only to have her concepts and techniques stolen by the likes of Warhol, Oldenburg, et al. These men soon eclipsed her celebrity, and at her expense. Hence Lenz's film is a very critical correction of the historical record. Lenz also locates the origins of some of Kusama's visual motifs in childhood trauma, which had resulted in hallucinations and then obsession with hallucinated shapes and patterns; Kusama herself acknowledges as much and credits art-making with her survival. Her mirrored "infinity room" installations, giant polka-dotted pumpkins, and huge paintings covered obsessively with her personal iconography, now draw massive crowds at museums and galleries all over the world. Heather Lenz has not only drawn a powerful portrait of an artist whose late fame has intense cultural significance, but has also set a humanistic standard for the accounting of biographical details and, critically, for setting the historical record straight.