Yayoi Kusama: From Here to Infinity!

Growing up in the mountains of Japan, Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) dreamed of becoming an artist. One day, she had a vision in which the world and everything in it--the plants, the people, the sky--were covered in polka dots. She began to cover her paintings, drawings, sculptures, and even her body with dots. As she grew up, she traveled all around the world, from Tokyo to Seattle, New York to Venice, and brought her dots with her. Different people saw these dots in different ways--some thought they were tiny, like cells, and others imagined them enormous, like planets. Every year, Kusama sees more of the world, covering it with dots and offering people a way to experience it the way she does.

Written by Sarah Suzuki, a curator at The Museum of Modern Art, and featuring reproductions of Kusama's instantly recognizable artworks, this colorful book tells the story of an artist whose work will not be complete until her dots cover the world, from here to infinity.

Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Published: 10/10/2017
Pages: 40
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 11.80h x 9.30w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9781633450394
Age: Ages 9-12


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/15/2017 pg. 44
Kirkus Reviews 10/15/2017
School Library Journal 12/01/2017
Horn Book Magazine 03/01/2018 pg. 114
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2018 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Sarah Suzuki is a Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Ellen Weinstein is an illustrator whose award-winning work has appeared in numerous books and magazines.