U-Yayoi Kusama kwi-Whitney yakhe ebuyela emva ngo-2012. (Ifoto: I-Whitney Museum)
Umhlaba ubona amabala, kunye nezigidi ngezigidi zamachaphaza, xa kuziwa kumculi waseJapan uYayoi Kusama. I-Polka Dot Princess eneminyaka engama-86 isandula ukuthweswa isithsaba somzobi wehlabathi odumileyo ngo-2014, njengoko kubekiwe ngabantu abaya kwiimyuziyam. Uhlise izandla walubetha lonke ukhuphiswano lwamadoda nabasetyhini ngesihloko, ngokuya kwindibano yamaziko olondolozo lwembali minyaka le uphando Iphepha lezobugcisa.
Kodwa kuvela ukuba ichaphaza ngaphezulu Yayoi Kusama akukho nto intsha. Ngelixa wayephumile kwilizwe lobugcisa ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe — ethatha umhlala-phantsi ngokuzithandela kwi-sanitarium -i-dynamo yaseJapan ibeyintliziyo ebethayo yomdlalo we-avant-garde okoko wafikayo eNew York ngo-1957. Ngexesha le-1960s, Nksz. UKusama uboniswe ecaleni kunye noontanga bakhe abachaphazeleka njengoAndy Warhol, uClaes Oldenburg, kunye noGeorge Segal, benyukela kwigama lezobugcisa pop ngenxa yempawu zorhwebo, ubugcisa bokusebenza kunye nokusetyenziswa kwemibala yengqondo. Ngelixa wayehlala eNew York, u-Ms Kusama wenza kwaye waququzelela amatikiti e-polka amachaphaza, ukunganxibanga irhafu, uqhankqalazo olwa imfazwe kunye nezinye izinto ezivelisiweyo, ukwandisa amandla akhe eenkwenkwezi. 
Umsebenzi nguNks Kusama. (Ifoto: Getty Images)
Uzalelwe eMatsumoto, eJapan, waqala ukusebenzisa ulwimi lokubonakalayo lokupeyinta ngamachaphaza e-polka kunye neminatha njengemoto esencinci ye-10 yokujongana neengxaki zempilo yengqondo. Ukusukela nge1977, UNks Kusama uye waphila ngokuzikhethela kwisibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo eTokyo ngenxa yokuphazamiseka kwemithambo-luvo kunye nemibono evela ebuntwaneni. Uyaqhubeka nokupeyinta kunye nokudala ukuza kuthi ga kule mini kwisitudiyo sakhe somculi ngaphesheya kwesitalato kwisibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo. 
Umculi waseJapan uYayoi Kusama. (Ifoto: Getty Images)
Kwiminyaka eliqela edlulileyo, umsebenzi kaNks Kusama waphinda wafunyanwa, kutsha nje waboniswa ngokubanzi kwimiboniso yodwa kunye neqela, kananjalo nakwizinto ezininzi ezinkulu ukubuyela emva eziye zambuyisela ngokufanelekileyo kwindawo ebonakalayo. Ngoku waziwa ngokubanzi ngokufanelekileyo njengomdwebi ongumfazi onempembelelo kunye nomzobi.
Ngoku kwishumi elinesibhozo leminyaka, uNks. Kusama usanikela ngeewigi zakhe ezinemibala eqaqambileyo, iilokhwe ezinamachaphaza, iifashoni ezimnyama kunye nesihlalo esinamavili esinepaki ngenxa yokubonakala kwakhe kunqabile umshicileli . Utsale ngaphezulu kwezigidi ezi-2 zabakhenkethi kutyelelo lwakhe olukhulu lokugqibela lokubuya, Yayoi Kusama: Ukujonga okungapheliyo . Ukhenketho, olubonisa imisebenzi engaphezu kwe-100 eyenziwe phakathi kowe-1950 nowama-2013, yaqala eMalba - Fundacacion Constantini ngo-2013 kwaye sele ihambile kuMzantsi nakuMbindi Merika kule minyaka mibini idlulileyo, ngokusesikweni ngenxa yokuphela ngoJuni 7, 2015.
Ngoku ukwisihloko somnye umboniso wokhenketho lwamanye amazwe kumyuziyam, onesihloko Yayoi Kusama: Iphupha endiliphuphileyo. Lo mboniso wedwa uqulethe ngaphezulu kwe-100 yemisebenzi yakutshanje kwaye uhambe kulo lonke elase-Asiya, ukusuka kwiMyuziyam yoBugcisa yaseDaegu eKorea ukuya phambili ukuya kumisa okokugqibela ngo-2015 kwigalari yeSizwe yobuGcisa bemihla ngemihla eNew Delhi. 
UYayoi Kusama noDavid Zwirner ngo-2013. (Ifoto: Getty Images)
Ukuba uziva uphefumlelwe ukuba ujoyine umzuzu we-Yayoi, ungandwendwela ubugcisa bakhe okwangoku obubanjelwe kwiiqoqo zemyuziyam kwihlabathi liphela, kubandakanya kufutshane naseMoMa, eWhitney, nakwiMyuziyam yaseHirshhorn kunye neGrafikhi yaseWashington, DC, phakathi kwezinye iindawo zamazwe aphesheya. UNks Kusama uza kubuyela kwigalari kaDavid Zwirner kumboniso wakhe wesibini wedwa kuloo ndawo, osihloko sithi Ndinike uthando , ukusukela nge-9 kaMay ukuya kuJuni 13, 2015. Umboniso wakhe wokumiselwa kwasekuqaleni kuka-2013, owawusithi Mna Ofike Ezulwini , bagcwalisa zontathu izithuba kwindawo ese-West 19th Street eNew York.
