Yayoi Kusama
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Yayoi Kusama is a pioneering Japanese contemporary artist renowned for her immersive installations, polka-dot motifs, and exploration of infinity, repetition, and psychological themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yayoi Kusama canonical | 11 |
| 草間彌生 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yayoi Kusama Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, Yayoi Kusama]
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A.
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist known for blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture and commercial aesthetics, often associated with the "Superflat" movement.
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B.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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C.
Isamu Chō
Isamu Chō was an Imperial Japanese Army general known for his extreme nationalism and key leadership role in Japan’s final World War II battles, including the defense of Okinawa.
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D.
Isamu Yokoyama
Isamu Yokoyama was an Imperial Japanese Army general who played a prominent leadership role in major early Second Sino-Japanese War operations.
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E.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yayoi Kusama Target entity description: Yayoi Kusama is a pioneering Japanese contemporary artist renowned for her immersive installations, polka-dot motifs, and exploration of infinity, repetition, and psychological themes.
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A.
Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami is a contemporary Japanese artist known for blending traditional Japanese art with pop culture and commercial aesthetics, often associated with the "Superflat" movement.
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B.
Jeff Koons
Jeff Koons is an American contemporary artist known for his large-scale, glossy sculptures of everyday objects and pop culture icons that blur the boundaries between high art and commercialism.
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C.
Isamu Chō
Isamu Chō was an Imperial Japanese Army general known for his extreme nationalism and key leadership role in Japan’s final World War II battles, including the defense of Okinawa.
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D.
Isamu Yokoyama
Isamu Yokoyama was an Imperial Japanese Army general who played a prominent leadership role in major early Second Sino-Japanese War operations.
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E.
Kara Walker
Kara Walker is an American contemporary artist renowned for her provocative black cut-paper silhouettes and installations that explore race, gender, sexuality, and the legacy of slavery in the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (82)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
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human ⓘ installation artist ⓘ painter ⓘ performance artist ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Asahi Prize
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Order of Culture ⓘ
surface form:
Order of Culture of Japan
Praemium Imperiale ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1929-03-22 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan ⓘ |
| collaboratedWith | Louis Vuitton ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| field |
installation art
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painting ⓘ performance art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ visual arts ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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environmental art ⓘ installation art ⓘ |
| hasExhibitedAt |
Centre Pompidou
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surface form:
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Mori Art Museum ⓘ
surface form:
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern ⓘ
surface form:
Tate Modern, London
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ |
| hasMentalHealthCondition |
hallucinations
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obsessive-compulsive disorder ⓘ |
| hasWebsite | https://yayoi-kusama.jp ⓘ |
| influenced |
contemporary installation art
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feminist art practices ⓘ pop art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
abstract expressionism
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minimalism ⓘ surrealism ⓘ |
| knownFor | self-admitted voluntary residence in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo ⓘ |
| language | Japanese ⓘ |
| livedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| movement |
avant-garde
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contemporary art ⓘ feminist art ⓘ minimalism ⓘ pop art ⓘ |
| name | Yayoi Kusama self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | Japanese ⓘ |
| nativeName |
Yayoi Kusama
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
草間彌生
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| notableFor |
exploration of psychological themes
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immersive installations ⓘ infinity rooms ⓘ polka-dot motifs ⓘ use of repetition ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dots Obsession series
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Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror Room ⓘ
surface form:
Infinity Mirror Rooms
My Eternal Soul series ⓘ Narcissus Garden ⓘ Pumpkin sculptures ⓘ |
| periodActive |
1950s
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1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ 2000s ⓘ 2010s ⓘ 2020s ⓘ |
| representedBy |
David Zwirner Gallery
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Victoria Miro Gallery ⓘ |
| residence |
Tokyo
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surface form:
Tokyo, Japan
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| signatureMotif |
mirrors
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nets ⓘ polka dots ⓘ pumpkins ⓘ |
| theme |
cosmos
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hallucinations ⓘ infinity ⓘ obsession ⓘ polka dots ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ pumpkins ⓘ repetition ⓘ self-obliteration ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Broad
this entity surface form:
草間彌生
subject surface form:
Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room