Photograph of Yayoi Kusama's installation 'Aggregation: One Thousand Boats Show' in the exhibition 'Nul 1965', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1965

Yayoi Kusama (in 1965)

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Amira Kroon asked

I have to give a presentation about Yayoi Kusama's One Thousand Boats Show. Where can i find more information about this artwork? And about yayoi kusama's history?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Amira, the One Thousand Boats Show is in the collection of the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. There is a bit of information on the internet, but you might find more detailed information there. Kusama had a solo exhibition in our museum in 2008 where the Boat Show was a central piece. You might be able to find the catalogue (Mirrored Years), which contains good information about her life and work. Kind regards, Els

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From the very start of her career Yayoi Kusama posed for photographs amid her installations and sculptures. These photographs generated a lot of publicity and focused attention on Kusama as an eccentric artist. Each time she carefully directed the way she was portrayed. On occasions she reclined in her installations like a pin-up model; in other photographs she seems to disappear altogether. The patterns that fill the space continue on her body or on the fabric of her clothes. Kusama regularly exhibited in the Castellane Gallery in New York. She was a much sought-after artist in the Netherlands too. From 1962 onwards she exhibited at Galerie A in Amsterdam, at Galerie Delta and Galerie ’t Venster in Rotterdam and in the Orez gallery in The Hague.

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Title	Photograph of Yayoi Kusama's installation 'Aggregation: One Thousand Boats Show' in the exhibition 'Nul 1965', Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 1965
Material and technique	Gelatin silver print
Object type	Photograph > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Width 236 mm Height 193 mm
Artists	Depicted person: Yayoi Kusama Photographer: Anoniem
Accession number	3648 (MK)
Credits	Gift Hans Sonnenberg, 2010
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	2010
Creation date	in 1965
Collector	Collector / Hans Sonnenberg
Internal exhibitions	Yayoi Kusama - Infinity Mirror Room (2011)
Object	Photograph > Two-dimensional object > Art object
Technique	Gelatine silver print > Bromide print > Photographic printing technique > Mechanical > Planographic printing > Printing technique > Technique > Material and technique

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