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For Part C, the artist I chose to research was Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. Yayoi Kusama is well known for her artwork using vibrant colours and dots. Born in Nagano, Japan she lived in a plant nursery surrounded by colourful flowers which gave her inspiration for her love of art but she wasn’t supported by her parents. In her late 20s, she moved to New York determined to become a world-famous artist. The idea of using dots originated from her childhood experience of being among colourful flowers. Her artwork, renowned for its dots, soon covered many different surfaces, such as walls, clothes, floors, trees, people and even a horse.
I like Kusama’s style of art because it can be immersive and interactive, such as her Infinity Room, Tate Modern, London, England and The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens (2017), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia.
Did you know...
Yayoi Kusama experienced a condition called hallucinations. If you have hallucinations you hear sounds or voices that nobody else hears. see things that are not there like objects, shapes, people or lights. Her hallucinations started when she was a child.
Her work in the ’50s commonly saw small loops painted over the monochromatic ground in a repetitive approach where surfaces are netted or dotted. An image garnered from the hallucinations she experienced as a child, the dots are her way of integrating herself.
Artwork Review
Though I didn't get to see any of Yayoi Kusama's artwork in person, i reviewed some of her artwork available online. This is some of the work I saw and reviwed.
The Spirits of the Pumpkins Descended into the Heavens, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia. This art is interesting it looks as if there were an infinite number of pumpkins in this room. I think that the way the clever mirrors are used is effective.
This painting is called Butterfly. One of my favourite things about this piece is how the yellow butterfly stands out against the red background showing a nice contrast. I also like that she used polka dots in different colours for the butterfly but used a different pattern for the background to make the butterfly pop.
Ascension of Polka Dots on the Trees is one of my favourite art pieces by Yayoi. I like how rather than using a canvas she uses large and sometimes random objects to paint on and uses her signature art style.
Mushroom is one of Yayoi’s most famous artworks. I like how each mushroom looks different and unique to each other such as the colours, pattern and shape.
I think that Yayoi Kusama's art style using vibrant colours and dots is a very clever technique but needs a lot of practice and patience to master. I had a go at doing the same art style and this is the paintings and artworks I produced.
This is my first attempt to practice Yayoi Kumana art style. I chose to draw an apple with red, white and black colour scheme.
This is my attempt to use Yayoi's style on a 3D object. I decided to choose a dog and painted it yellow and used black spots on the figure. I tried to recreate the same style she used when making her pumpkins. I found it hard to draw the circles on a curved surface.
This piece of artwork was inspired by Yayoi's mushroom drawings. I enjoyed using different colours and creating a pattern for the background. I think this made the mushroom stand out in my art.
I used black and gold for my colour scheme as I think they complement each other. First I painted the canvas black. Once it was dried, I drew the sketch. I use different sizes of spots to make patterns on the different parts of the portrait. To draw the circles I used a template which helped me to keep the circles the same size.
I coloured the hair in gold and used black spots to make it contrast to the face. Eventhough it took me a long time, I enjoyed including different patterns to my piece.
This is where I'm working on my final piece. I am creating a self-portrait inspired by Yayoi's self portrait
This is my final piece. I am very happy with it and enjoyed making it.
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