Kusama: The Graphic Novel

Art lovers will revel in this visually engaging, easy-to-read graphic novel about the life of Yayoi Kusama. An international art star renowned for her polka dots and infinity rooms, Kusama has been hailed as the most successful female artist alive. This biography tells the tale of Kusama’s coming up in the 1960s and 1970s art scenes, while also exploring her upbringing in Japan.

In moving graphic illustrations emphasizing Kusama’s artistic style, the book explores her struggle to live an artistic life intrinsically true to her vision despite her parents’ disapproval, her mental health challenges, and society’s punitive censorship of her very public feminist performance art.