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Yayoi Kusama is one of the world's leading avant-garde painters today. Easily identifiable with their colourful polka dot patterns, her artworks have a unique, unforgettable charm. Ms. Kusama teamed up with the Adachi Institute's carvers and printers to create her first-ever ukiyo-e, traditional Japanese woodcut prints that continue to be highly acclaimed around the world today. This collaboration was covered in "The Premium: Yayoi Kusama's Mt. Fuji ? Challenging Ukiyo-e," a program aired on NHK BS Premium on New Year's Day 2015. The response from all sectors was overwhelming.
Ms. Kusama is in the limelight internationally for her artworks that consistently exceed the imagination. By collaborating with her, the Adachi Institute of Woodcut Prints was able to identify possibilities for fresh, new artistic expressions amid tradition, a key for passing down traditional woodcut print techniques to future generations.As the results of this collaboration between avant-garde and tradition, Ms. Kusama's contemporary ukiyo-e are exhibited here for the first time.
<p>Yayoi Kusama（1929-）</p>
Born in Matsumoto City, Nagano Prefecture, in 1929. Created fantastical paintings using polka dots and nets as motifs from around age ten. Moved to the United States at age 28. Established herself as an avant-garde artist by staging happenings in New York City in the latter half of the 1960s. Returned to Japan in 1973. Represented Japan at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993. Her solo exhibition was the first at the Japan Pavilion that year. More recently, her major solo exhibits have been well received during their international tours of famous art museums.
彫ーCarving
The carver feels Ms. Kusama's brushwork as he faithfully reproduces the lines on a woodblock.
摺ーPrinting
Printed individually by hand, each ukiyo-e displays the vivid colors that are blended by the printer and are a unique feature of woodcut prints.
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