How Yayoi Kusama became the highest paid artist in the world
'23.05.2017'
Source: The Guardian
Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama was named the most popular artist in the world at 2014, so it’s not surprising that the most popular ticket in Washington is the ticket to the Hirschhorn Museum and the sculpture garden of the Smithsonian Institution.
It is there, in the mirror rooms of the museum, that an exhibition of paintings depicting brightly painted pumpkins, polka dot patterns and hanging globes by Yayoi Kusama is held.
Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto Japanese in 1929 year. She now lives in Tokyo, and lived from 1958 to 1973 for a year in New York. In 2014, on the basis of data on the attendance of museums, its exhibitions were recognized as the most popular in the world. The exhibition “Infinity Mirrors” was held in Washington from February 23 to May 14, and before the 2019 of the year, it will be held in several cities in the USA and Canada.
The Japanese artist has attracted more than 2 millions of viewers to her work, although a study showed that women artists are still less inclined to solo exhibitions in American galleries, writes The Guardian.
However, a review of solo exhibitions in American galleries over the past six years has shown that 73% were male artists.
The report in The art newspaper It is said that Andy Warhol, Ellsworth Kelly and Jasper Johns had 7 exhibitions over this period. The artist with the most exhibitions (4) was Kara Walker.
The art newspaper found that male artists, represented by the world's largest art dealers, more than 7 times more often exhibited in solo exhibitions.
Against this background, Kusama’s success in 2014 looks even more remarkable. The artist, who is 86 years old and voluntarily lives in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo since 1977, has attracted more than 2 millions of people throughout South and Central America to her works, including the famous polka dot objects and installations in mirrors.
Портал Artnet made a rating of the most highly paid of living artists. Japanese Yayoi Kusama led him, her painting “White No. 28” was sold last year for $ 7,3 million.
In second place is American photographer Cindy Sherman. Cindy's 17 works went under the hammer for amounts in excess of a million dollars. The most expensive product was purchased for $ 6,7 million.
Closes the TOP-3 English representative of pop art Bridget Riley. Last year, her canvas from 1966, the year went on Christie's for $ 5,7 million
In 2012, Yayoi worked with the brand. Louis Vuitton - and the result of such a collaboration was not only clothes with colors in Kusama's signature polka dots, but also watches.
