The Ainu are a Japanese indigenous people living mainly in Hokkaido, the northernmost prefecture of Japan. They have lived for centuries in the north of Japan, not only in Hokkaido but also in northern Honshu, Karafuto (which the Ainu call Sakhalin) and the Kuril islands. Their language is unrelated to Japanese and Ainu culture is very distinct from Wajin, or ethnic Japanese.
back and forth conversations and collaborations through the years
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Monday, April 1, 2024
Thursday, November 11, 2021
Kusama at all hallows
wonder | wander | women had the best time this Halloween at the KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature exhibition - set exclusively in New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) in the Bronx.
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| steps spilling over with pumpkins & gourds - [3] Mertz Gallery |
"The Garden is uniquely suited to present this once-in-a-lifetime display of Yayoi Kusama’s work for our visitors. An exceptional selection of work invites visitors into her universe, to consider her practice through her unique vision of the natural world."
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| Kusama: Cosmic Nature at NYBG, 2021 |
"Our subtitle, 'Cosmic Nature,' references her bold investigations of materiality, media, color, form, and pattern that proliferate into an expansive sense of becoming with the cosmos. We are thrilled to mount this focused survey of the work of one of the most influential artists of our time." ~ Carrie Rebora Barratt, NYBG President
Kusama: Cosmic Nature, NYBG
Legendary artist Yayoi Kusama is a global sensation. She has paved the way for minimalism, pop art, performance art, and immersive art installations. Her radical works featuring pumpkins, flowers, polka dots, loops, and mirrors - excavating ideas of self-obliteration, fear, and infinity - have attracted massive audiences to prestigious art institutions around the world.
Thursday, August 5, 2021
elemental mineral kingdom
The Allison and Roberto Mignone Hall of Gems and Minerals is part of the American Museum of Natural History since the Seventies. It closed in 2017 to be redesigned as one of its 150th anniversary projects. Its grand opening was delayed and pushed back to June 12, 2021 because of the pandemic.
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| in front of one of two gargantuan amethyst geodes |
New York City in the time of COVID is the perfect poster child for pandemic protocols. As the most populous city and a major gateway of the world on the East Coast, NYC was one of the first in the United States to be hardest hit by this global pandemic.
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| museum façade |
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