Kusama: Infinity
Directed by Heather Lenz
2018Documentary80 minUnited StatesPG
Yayoi Kusama's journey from a conservative upbringing in Japan to 1960s New York, where she rivalled Warhol for attention, to international fame at last.
Synopsis
Kusama - Infinity explores artist Yayoi Kusama’s journey from a conservative upbringing in Japan to her brush with fame in America during the 1960s (where she rivaled Andy Warhol for press attention) and concludes with the international fame she has finally achieved within the art world. Now in her 80s, Kusama has spent the last 30 years living in a mental institution in Japan. Yayoi Kusama: Life in Polka Dots is a feature documentary about Yayoi Kusama. The film explores Kusama's fierce determination to become a world-renowned artist.
The director
Heather Lenz
Heather Lenz is an American filmmaker who spent more than a decade making Kusama: Infinity, her portrait of the Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The film premiered at Sundance in 2018.
On screens
Already played at 1 cinema in Calgary.
