Yayoi Kusama – Obsessed with Polka Dots | Tate

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Channel: Tate

Views: 2,297,196

Rating: 4.9049363 out of 5

Keywords: installation, 2012, tate modern, Andy Warhol (Visual Artist), Contemporary Art (Art Period/Movement), Modern Art (Art Period/Movement), Educational Film (Film Genre), Yayoi Kusama (Visual Artist), 草間彌生, Tokyo, Polka Dots

Id: rRZR3nsiIeA

Length: 7min 23sec (443 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 06 2012

Reddit Comments

[u/Yuripetusko]

Ofcourse it's not a coincidence. This is exactly where the names came from

[u/DonDiegoSanchez]

That's awesome, you should post that in r/PolkaDot they will be more 'receptives' than here which is a more serious place.

[u/gonzaloetjo]

Yes, they randomly decided both names and luckily this super famous artist Kusama is famous for doing dots. What are the chances?

[u/SnooDoughnuts8]

Kusama made dots😉 Kusama❤️

[u/SlaveOfTheOwner]

This solves the mystery of the avatar from the Polkadot Dorection Element chat.

[u/hous26]

I thought this was a well known fact by now.