Kusama: Infinity

was feeling so creative sitting here watching this in my long skirt with my docs still on waiting for 4.30 so that i can go and get trained to work for what will probably(definitely) be minimum wage at the chippy after reading kim gordons autobiography on the bus to and from college all week and im thinking if i should get changed actually, am i supposed to wear trousers? they didnt specify and im going out later so i dont really want to get changed, i tied my hair up so it’s probably fine anyway her art really is incredible and shes always dressed amazingly. the way she does her makeup looks like shes literally painted it onto her face &makes me think of my mum applying concealer straight from the pan to around her eyes and how she doesnt blend it down her face. i love her red bob its truly truly incredible #inspired one thing tho is how strange the editing is in this idk i kind of do like it its trippy maybe? not sure what word is right but its really strange. “dead artists show dead artists whilst living artists die”or something similar is really wow thats really incredible i wish everyone who shits on modern and contemporary art saying stuff about how they can do it when they.. cant or dont.. could hear that its just wow

was feeling so creative sitting here watching this in my long skirt with my docs still on waiting for 4.30 so that i can go and get trained to work for what will probably(definitely) be minimum wage at the chippy after reading kim gordons autobiography on the bus to and from college all week and im thinking if i should get changed actually, am i supposed to wear trousers? they didnt specify and im going out later so i dont really want to get changed, i tied my hair up so it’s probably fine anyway her art really is incredible and shes always dressed amazingly. the way she does her makeup looks like shes literally painted it onto her face &makes me think of my mum applying concealer straight from the pan to around her eyes and how she doesnt blend it down her face. i love her red bob its truly truly incredible #inspired one thing tho is how strange the editing is in this idk i kind of do like it its trippy maybe? not sure what word is right but its really strange. “dead artists show dead artists whilst living artists die”or something similar is really wow thats really incredible i wish everyone who shits on modern and contemporary art saying stuff about how they can do it when they.. cant or dont.. could hear that its just wow

very inspiring, loved hearing from kusama herself and seeing all of that archival footage. 
“it’s very different than what we’re experiencing today.” - quote about the draft but i think that really sums up the shortcomings of most people’s view of the world
was not down with a lot of the white b*tches they interviewed 
very nice seeing the full history of her work, and just how known and prolific she’s become, but sad to know that it’s so late in her life , and that this movie basically says her work selling for a lot and being accessible (instagrammable) means she has now become a success
as if art-making is just for the sake of fame and monetary gains (i know the movie is about her struggle to enter the art world and that art success is unilaterally ascribed to money and notoriety by far more people than just the filmmakers, and that her accomplishments despite all the obstacles are inspiring. however it is extremely capitalist, classist, and anti-art imo to claim those as success rather than admitting the mere fact she continued making original art her entire life as the true success) 
and as if it’s not mostly white galleries and institutions profiting off of her hard work. 
always appreciate when people call out white men for appropriating women’s art without giving an ounce of credit though
also can you believe i’m an art major and did not know i stuck my head into a kusama infinity installation at the raleigh museum of art?

very inspiring, loved hearing from kusama herself and seeing all of that archival footage. 
“it’s very different than what we’re experiencing today.” - quote about the draft but i think that really sums up the shortcomings of most people’s view of the world
was not down with a lot of the white b*tches they interviewed 
very nice seeing the full history of her work, and just how known and prolific she’s become, but sad to know that it’s so late in her life , and that this movie basically says her work selling for a lot and being accessible (instagrammable) means she has now become a success
as if art-making is just for the sake of fame and monetary gains (i know the movie is about her struggle to enter the art world and that art success is unilaterally ascribed to money and notoriety by far more people than just the filmmakers, and that her accomplishments despite all the obstacles are inspiring. however it is extremely capitalist, classist, and anti-art imo to claim those as success rather than admitting the mere fact she continued making original art her entire life as the true success) 
and as if it’s not mostly white galleries and institutions profiting off of her hard work. 
always appreciate when people call out white men for appropriating women’s art without giving an ounce of credit though
also can you believe i’m an art major and did not know i stuck my head into a kusama infinity installation at the raleigh museum of art?

Vis Kusama til alle dem der ikke tror på moderne kunst

Vis Kusama til alle dem der ikke tror på moderne kunst

A lovely portrait of the female force behind modern avant-garde. Kusama defined movements and motifs before men made them movements and motifs — just like Hilma af Klimt. This documentary offers a well-balanced portrait of Kusama the woman and Kusama the artist, unveiling her psyche against her come-up in the racially and sexually motivated patriarchy of the New York art scene. The fact that she’s still going at age 90 with that incredible red hair is so special. Please watch this. The only knock is I wanted more of Kusama telling the audience and less of others telling about Kusama. Nomura Schible practiced this perfectly in his Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, where the artist shapes the portrait of the artist. Kusama: Infinity could’ve benefitted from that style, but it’s still unique and a necessity to watch for any self-respecting artist or aficionado.

A lovely portrait of the female force behind modern avant-garde. Kusama defined movements and motifs before men made them movements and motifs — just like Hilma af Klimt. This documentary offers a well-balanced portrait of Kusama the woman and Kusama the artist, unveiling her psyche against her come-up in the racially and sexually motivated patriarchy of the New York art scene. The fact that she’s still going at age 90 with that incredible red hair is so special. Please watch this. The only knock is I wanted more of Kusama telling the audience and less of others telling about Kusama. Nomura Schible practiced this perfectly in his Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda, where the artist shapes the portrait of the artist. Kusama: Infinity could’ve benefitted from that style, but it’s still unique and a necessity to watch for any self-respecting artist or aficionado.