Even after speaking to the Deputy Director for Curatorial & Collections Development at the National Gallery Singapore, Russell Storer, and its Curator Dr Adele Tan we were still transfixed on the wonder that is Yayoi Kusama. Digging a little deeper online, here are eight more extraordinary facts about the Queen of Polka dots.
08 Kusama is a performance artist as well
Besides her visual works, she is known to stage performance works with her body as well as other volunteers. She is known to paint polka dots on nude participants and sing. In her instalment Narcissus Garden (1966), she did an impromptu performance by selling her mirrored balls to passer-bys.
