TY - JOUR
T1 - “I, Kusama, am the modern Alice in Wonderland”
T2 - Alice e Kusama, di riflesso per infiniti specchi
AU - Leuzzi, Laura
PY - 2018/12/15
Y1 - 2018/12/15
N2 - The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has organised a happening in Central Park, New York dedicated to Alice in Wonderland. This statement. The event press release underlines the profound influence of the Carrollian character of Alice in her work and a sort of identification with it. This article examines the importance of many Carrollian conceptual elements and topics (mirror, non-sense, puns) in Kusama’s body of work, including a Lacanian interpretation, and briefly the new interest for artists and illustrators of the 60s/70 in Carroll and Alice in Wonderland. The article ends with an overview of the Penguin edition of Alice in Wonderland with Kusama’s artwork of 2012, that adds her to a long list of artists who have been inspired by the Carrollian characters and stories. The article explores the themes, motifs and stylistic features used by Kusama to accompany and complement the text.
AB - The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has organised a happening in Central Park, New York dedicated to Alice in Wonderland. This statement. The event press release underlines the profound influence of the Carrollian character of Alice in her work and a sort of identification with it. This article examines the importance of many Carrollian conceptual elements and topics (mirror, non-sense, puns) in Kusama’s body of work, including a Lacanian interpretation, and briefly the new interest for artists and illustrators of the 60s/70 in Carroll and Alice in Wonderland. The article ends with an overview of the Penguin edition of Alice in Wonderland with Kusama’s artwork of 2012, that adds her to a long list of artists who have been inspired by the Carrollian characters and stories. The article explores the themes, motifs and stylistic features used by Kusama to accompany and complement the text.
KW - Yayoi Kusama
KW - Mirror
KW - Performance art
KW - Alice in Wonderland
KW - Lewis Carroll
M3 - Article
SN - 1826-901X
JO - Engramma
JF - Engramma
IS - 161
ER -