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Suit
© Yayoi Kusama
Suit
Suit
Photo: Albin Dahlström/Moderna Museet

Suit

by Yayoi Kusama
Artist (Japan, född 1929)
Alternate Title
  • Dräkt
Dateca 1962
MediumPainted textile application on suit, hanger
Dimensions101,6 x 76,2 x 10,2 cm (40 x 30 x 4 in.)
Classification
Countries
Credit LineDonation 2000 från Kerstin Bonnier och Pontus Bonnier
Object NumberMOM/2000/11
CollectionsMaterialitet
The artwork is not on display
About the artwork After leaving war-torn Japan, Yayoi Kusama appeared on the New York art scene, where she soon established a central position with her singular mixture of surrealism, minimalism, pop and psychedelia. Her encounter with American post-war abundance was a shock at first. In several series, she tried to formulate this experience and her disgust with consumerism. In "Costume", Kusama took objects she found in the street back to her studio and covered them with stuffed, phallus-like fabric lumps. Her personal imagery originates in her childhood hallucinations, when the world seemed to consist of dots and protruberances. Kusama herself says that art is her way of confronting her fears. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Osignerad Selected exhibition history Explosion (den 2 juni 2012 - den 9 september 2012) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Efterkrigstid till 1970-tal Moderna Museet, Stockholm Ny presentation av samlingen (2000-2002) Moderna Museet, Stockholm Kusama - In Infinity (den 11 juni 2016 - den 11 september 2016) Louisiana, Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebaek Moderna Museet c/o Bildmuseet - Dada och surrealism (2003) Bildmuseet, Umeå SPEKTAKULÄRA TIDER 60-talet ur Moderna Museets samling  (den 26 december 2009 - den 27 februari 2011) Moderna Museet Malmö Samlingsutställning 2019-2022 (den 1 februari 2019 - den 27 augusti 2023) Moderna Museet, Stockholm The Moderna Museet exhibition catalogues Yayoi Kusama : I oändligheten : [Moderna Museet/ArkDes 10/6-11/9 2016]Explosion! Måleri som handling / Painting as Action : [Moderna Museet 2/6-9/9 2012] Bibliography Art/Fashion, Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York 1997, ill. s 171. Love Forever: Yayoi Kusama, 1958-1968, Los Angeles County Art Museum, Los Angeles 1998, ill. kat nr 49. Yayoi Kusama, Serpentine Gallery, London 2000.