A Look Back at Late Yayoi Kusama's Polka-Dotted, Wonder-Filled World for Louis Vuitton
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A look back at late Yayoi Kusama's polka-dotted, wonder-filled world for Louis Vuitton
Yayoi Kusama, who died this month at 97, transformed Louis Vuitton into her polka-dotted canvas twice — in 2012 with Marc Jacobs and again in 2023. Look back at the handbags and creative collaboration.
From his own clothing shop opened in 1969 in New York, to his double collaboration with Louis Vuitton, the Japanese artist whose look was modelled on his works, used fashion as a playground.
Green Galerie of New York, 1962, foundational exhibition of something that begins to be baptized as pop art. There is a young Warhol with a screenprint of the dollar bill, a minimalist grey canvas by Richard Morris, and the artist revelation of the moment, Yayoi Kusama who has...
Before the collaborations between art and fashion were trendy, Yayoi Kusama brought her polka dots to Louis Vuitton, Uniqlo and X-girl.
A red wig, a yellow pumpkin, a room that seems never to end and thousands of polka dots. Few artists have built such a recognizable universe. No matter how it appears on the wall of a museum, in a Louis Vuitton bag or in a T-shirt: one point repeated to infinity is enough to know that we are in the world of Yayoi Kusama.
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