{"id":12164,"date":"2017-02-09T07:52:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/?p=12164"},"modified":"2017-02-04T14:24:20","modified_gmt":"2017-02-04T19:24:20","slug":"yayoi-kusamas-love-dots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2017\/02\/yayoi-kusamas-love-dots\/","title":{"rendered":"Yayoi Kusama&#8217;s Love Dots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">When I saw the pictures of Yayoi Kusama&#8217;s artwork in the paper about her upcoming exhibition at the <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/hirshhorn.si.edu\/kusama\/the-exhibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hirshhorn museum<\/a>, I recalled one of the <a title=\"Previous Post - Yayoi Kusama\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/2009\/07\/polka-dot-psychedelic\/\" target=\"_blank\">first posts I had written<\/a> on Art Is Everywhere. It happened to be her polka dot artwork in the art exhibit &#8220;Happenings.&#8221; She loves <a title=\"Washington Post - Yayoi Kusama\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/entertainment\/museums\/a-season-of-colors-from-renaissance-glazes-to-psychedelic-installations\/2017\/02\/03\/384454c6-df4b-11e6-918c-99ede3c8cafa_story.html?tid=magnet&amp;utm_term=.ca2c9e4cb53e\" target=\"_blank\">dots and uses them with mirrors, along with and on pumpkins<\/a>. The exhibit is supposed to be a sensory explosion. The Hirshhorn anticipates it being a blockbuster show and is giving out free timed passes. <a title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.yayoi-kusama.jp\/e\/information\/\" target=\"_blank\">The artist<\/a> is 87 years old and still causing quite a stir with dots &#8212; just in time to enjoy for Valentine&#8217;s Day during this month of love.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Yayoi-Kusama-exhibit.png\" alt=\"Yayoi Kusama Hirshhorn exhibit on AIE\" width=\"475\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Yayoi-Kusama-exhibit.png 475w, https:\/\/www.ashley-spencer.com\/ArtIsEverywhere\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Yayoi-Kusama-exhibit-300x167.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12166\" 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