I had only heard the name Yayoi Kusama pretty recently. I
knew the more famous sculptures like her pumpkins in Matsumoto and her famous
polka dot motifs, and I knew of an older artist wearing eccentrically-colored
wigs, but I had no name to put on them. It wasn’t until I was looking through
some Tokyo art exhibits that I found out her name.
I knew I had to go. To have the opportunity to see the works
of such an important living artist was something I didn’t want to miss. Her
showing in Tokyo was only a few months long and if I waited another month, it’d
be gone. So, I headed to Roppongi where it was at the National Art Museum.
