Yayoi Kusama

Who is Yayoi Kusama

• A New York pop star

• A Japanese artist

• A movie star

• A magazine editor

When Kusama expressed interest in being an artist, her family

• Was proud of her career ambitions.

• Was displeased with her choices.

• Pushed her into an arranged marriage.

• Told her to take up the family business

What is Kusama’s signature art symbol?

• Pumpkins

• Poka-dots

• Mirrors

• Sneakers

What kind of art is she known for?

• Her 'Infinity Rooms', and creates them by installing hundreds of flashing coloured LED lights into mirrored rooms

• She Creates Poka-dot pumpkins sculptures

• She paints with dots

• All of the above

Viewers enjoy going to the museum to see her work because?

• Its great way to take a selfie

• Its free to see artwork in a museum

• Because her art work is interactive

• No one likes her artwork so will not go.

Is Yayoi Kusama still alive?

• yes

• no

• she was never alive

• maybe

What mental illness does she suffer from?

• None

• Diabetes

• Hallucinations

• Asthma

What elements of art did she use when creating her art work?

• Lines, Shapes, form, color, and Space

• Contrast, Emphasis, movement

• Value and texture

• No art elements

what does The symbolism of the pumpkin in Kusama's art represent?

• Nothing they just looked cook

• Holloween

• The pumpkin was a important personal symbol of relief from her anxiety.

• Japan

Where did Yayoi Kasama move to get her start as an artist?

• New Orleans

• Africa

• Japan

• New York