Not exact matches
The show featured paintings in which she started to develop two of her
signature motifs: infinity nets (a series of small circles, linked like a net) and polka
dots.
Begun in 1986, the project features a block of trees, yards and abandoned houses along Heidelberg Street adorned with found object sculptures and the project's
signature polka
dot motif.
It was then that she also honed her
signature polka
dot, net and soft sculpture
motifs, and began staging infamous Happenings — performance - based works — around the city.
Kusama worked both in monochrome and highly colourful materials, often painting the protrusions in her
signature polka -
dots and other
motifs for which she has since become universally recognised.
Like fashion houses with their
signature cut, Miller brand repurposes two distinct
motifs: rhythmically draping party ribbons seen in Sophisticated Enough, and cartoonish upside down drooping phallic mountains
dotting I Knew There'd Be Tomorrow.
Living in New York from 1958 to 1973, Kusama moved in avant - garde circles with such figures as Andy Warhol and Allan Kaprow while honing her
signature dot and net
motifs, developing soft sculpture, creating installation - based works, and staging Happenings (performance - based events).
For the new roving exhibit «Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors,» opening February 23 in Washington D.C., Kusama took her
signature dot motif to the furthest extent possible — infinity.
Not forgetting her
signature pumpkin
motif, this exhibition also presents her stainless - steel pumpkin sculpture with multi-coloured
dots.