I suppose you could say that they have got it "spot on" this time.
mrmalice at Jul. 12, 2012 - 08:21AM JST
o please, don't let yourselves be degraded by louis vutton, they just try to leech like the global vulture culture would
Pukey2 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 10:13AM JST
I once visited her home town, Matsumoto, although I didn't know she came from there at the time. I visited a musuem which had an exhibition on her work. Quite an experience. Although clearly having some mental illness, she was, yet again, one of those Japanese who were thought of as odd and was dismissed. After she found fame abroad, suddenly she was a daughter of Japan.
papigiulio at Jul. 12, 2012 - 10:44AM JST
Thats why Japanese go abroad. They get no respect here when they do great things. But when the rest of the world recognizes them, Japan suddenly becomes interested.
No fan of vuiton nor her art. Vuiton I think its overpriced cr*p
DenTok2009 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 11:32AM JST
@Pukey2 Hey, what did you see at the museum? Just wondering about "...clearly having some mental illness"... How was it clear to you? What artwork made you think "Yup, Kusama is nuts." I found out about Kusama several months ago when a few Japanese girls and I were chatting about nothing in particular. One had something by Kusama and another girl commented and I jumped in with "What?! Tell me, tell me!" I was told that having an obsession or liking polka dots was a clear sign of mental illness. I told the other girls, "Uh... I like polka dots..." They all cracked up.
@papigiulio thumbs up! so true that the artsy ones don't get recognized until they go abroad.
Liberty Joe Lowe at Jul. 12, 2012 - 11:45AM JST
Agree with papigiulio
It is grossly overpriced and the quality and materiels used for the clothes, handbags and the likes is not that good.
Yet the japanese it seems will pay any price for the brand name.
Wakarimasen at Jul. 12, 2012 - 01:34PM JST
Vuitton may be a brand with all that that entails, but nice designs. Kusama's art is like kindergarten stuff.
Pukey2 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 08:28PM JST
Den:
@Pukey2 Hey, what did you see at the museum?
The usual dots, dots and dots!!! There was a room which, if I remember correctly, had mirrors. I can't remember anything else specifically, except that the two or three other Japanese visitors there thought it was amusing (and strange). Also, outside the building, they even had a Coke vending machine with spots!
DenTok2009 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 09:08PM JST
@Pukey2 ohhh! Coke vending machine with spots! Love that! I just wondered what made you think, "This is the work of a madwoman!" Guess seeing dots, dots, dots brought you to that conclusion. Kusama and Christo make me think I wish I thought of that! Drawing dots and wrapping landmarks! How creative to come up with ways to express love of dots and wrapping!
Stephen Knight at Jul. 13, 2012 - 07:08AM JST
Well, the fact that she's chosen to make an in-patient psychiatric care facility her home for the last few decades may explain the perception that Ms. Kusama is a bit off her rocker. But after watching a two-part, four hour documentary on her life and work (on NHK), I can't deny her qualities as an artist, if one with a singular obsession...
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SimondB at Jul. 12, 2012 - 07:51AM JST
I suppose you could say that they have got it "spot on" this time.
mrmalice at Jul. 12, 2012 - 08:21AM JST
o please, don't let yourselves be degraded by louis vutton, they just try to leech like the global vulture culture would
Pukey2 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 10:13AM JST
I once visited her home town, Matsumoto, although I didn't know she came from there at the time. I visited a musuem which had an exhibition on her work. Quite an experience. Although clearly having some mental illness, she was, yet again, one of those Japanese who were thought of as odd and was dismissed. After she found fame abroad, suddenly she was a daughter of Japan.
papigiulio at Jul. 12, 2012 - 10:44AM JST
Thats why Japanese go abroad. They get no respect here when they do great things. But when the rest of the world recognizes them, Japan suddenly becomes interested.
No fan of vuiton nor her art. Vuiton I think its overpriced cr*p
DenTok2009 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 11:32AM JST
@Pukey2 Hey, what did you see at the museum? Just wondering about "...clearly having some mental illness"... How was it clear to you? What artwork made you think "Yup, Kusama is nuts." I found out about Kusama several months ago when a few Japanese girls and I were chatting about nothing in particular. One had something by Kusama and another girl commented and I jumped in with "What?! Tell me, tell me!" I was told that having an obsession or liking polka dots was a clear sign of mental illness. I told the other girls, "Uh... I like polka dots..." They all cracked up.
@papigiulio thumbs up! so true that the artsy ones don't get recognized until they go abroad.
Liberty Joe Lowe at Jul. 12, 2012 - 11:45AM JST
Agree with papigiulio It is grossly overpriced and the quality and materiels used for the clothes, handbags and the likes is not that good. Yet the japanese it seems will pay any price for the brand name.
Wakarimasen at Jul. 12, 2012 - 01:34PM JST
Vuitton may be a brand with all that that entails, but nice designs. Kusama's art is like kindergarten stuff.
Pukey2 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 08:28PM JST
Den:
The usual dots, dots and dots!!! There was a room which, if I remember correctly, had mirrors. I can't remember anything else specifically, except that the two or three other Japanese visitors there thought it was amusing (and strange). Also, outside the building, they even had a Coke vending machine with spots!
DenTok2009 at Jul. 12, 2012 - 09:08PM JST
@Pukey2 ohhh! Coke vending machine with spots! Love that! I just wondered what made you think, "This is the work of a madwoman!" Guess seeing dots, dots, dots brought you to that conclusion. Kusama and Christo make me think I wish I thought of that! Drawing dots and wrapping landmarks! How creative to come up with ways to express love of dots and wrapping!
Stephen Knight at Jul. 13, 2012 - 07:08AM JST
Well, the fact that she's chosen to make an in-patient psychiatric care facility her home for the last few decades may explain the perception that Ms. Kusama is a bit off her rocker. But after watching a two-part, four hour documentary on her life and work (on NHK), I can't deny her qualities as an artist, if one with a singular obsession...