One-night-only debut presented at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Sedona AZ (September 25, 2018) – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Kusama-Infinity: The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama” on Monday, Oct. 1. There will be two shows at 4 and 7 p.m. at the festival’s Mary D. Fisher Theatre.
Now the top-selling female artist in the world, Yayoi Kusama overcame impossible odds to bring her radical artistic vision to the world stage. For decades, her work pushed boundaries that often alienated her from both her peers and those in power in the art world.
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Kusama was an underdog with everything stacked against her: the trauma of growing up in Japan during World War II, life in a dysfunctional family that discouraged her creative ambitions, sexism and racism in the art establishment, mental illness in a culture where that was particularly shameful and even continuing to pursue and be devoted to her art full time on the cusp of her 90s.
In spite of it all, Kusama has endured and has created a legacy of artwork that spans the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation art, performance art, poetry and literary fiction. After working as an artist for over six decades, people around the globe are experiencing her installation Infinity Mirrored Rooms in record numbers, as Kusama continues to create new work every day.
“Yayoi Kusama might be the greatest artist to come out of the 1960s.” — The New York Times
“Fascinating and inspiring. A genuinely-felt portrait of the artist as a dedicated survivor, ever in service to her vision of the world and fighting for her place in it.” — Los Angeles Times
“Unspools like an intimate conversation. The takeaway is a deeply human understanding of the untidy inner life of one of international culture’s biggest stars.” — LA Weekly
“Kusama-Infinity: The Life and Art of Yayoi Kusama” will show at the Mary D. Fisher Theatre on Monday, Oct. 1 at 4 and 7 p.m. Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.
