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Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from both her peers and those in power in the art world. Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her: the trauma of growing up in Japan during World War II, life in a dysfunctional family that discouraged her creative ambitions, sexism and racism in the art establishment, mental illness in a culture where that was particularly shameful and even continuing to pursue and be devoted to her art full time on the cusp of her 90s. In spite of it all, Kusama has endured and has created a legacy of artwork that spans the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation art, performance art, poetry and literary fiction. After working as an artist for over six decades, people around the globe are experiencing her installation Infinity Mirrored Rooms in record numbers, as Kusama continues to create new work every day.
Directed, Written and Produced by
Heather Lenz
Producers
Karen Johnson
David Koh
Dan Braun
Executive Producers
Stanley Buchthal
Josh Braun
Ryan Brooks
Brandon Chen
Jessica Latham
Troy Craig Poon
Alice Koh
Simone Haggiag
Hajime Inoue
Co-Producers
Anna Godas
Ryosuke Oka
Robert Profusek
Editors
Keita Ideno
Shinpei Takeda
Carl Pfirman
Heather Lenz
Sam Karp
John Northrup
Nora Tennessen
Consulting Editor
Kate Amend
Director of Photography
Hart Perry
Japan Cinematographer
Hide Itaya
Composer
Allyson Newman
Associate Producers
Shinpei Takeda
Reina Higashitani
Lorraine Kahn
Nori Okada
Eriko Ueno
Lisa Yesko
Amanda Ferrand
Alden E. Stoner
Additional Cinematography
Ken Kobland
Shinpei Takeda
Co-Writer
Keita Ideno
Translators
Shinpei Takeda
Reina Higashitani
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