Kusama: A Graphic Biography, Illustrates Her Magical Art

Japan Nakama
3 min readMar 17, 2021

What do you see when you look at a circle? For most, it’s just that — a circular line creating the earth, sun, or ball shape. But for the world-renowned, Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, these circles take on a new life form. They embody her highly recognisable polka dot style, which as well as her pumpkins and infinity rooms, make for some fantastically weird art!

Yayoi Kusama’s extraordinary journey in becoming a contemporary art icon has now been brought to life in a new graphic novel by Elisa Macellari, Kusama: a graphic biography

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