2023年，一个巨大的充气模特在巴黎路易威登旗舰店上方展示了艺术家草间弥生的形象。这一合作反映了草间弥生在世时所达到的非凡影响力，她的艺术从画廊和博物馆走向了全球流行文化。
A large inflatable mannequin depicts artist Yayoi Kusama over Louis Vuitton’s flagship store in Paris in 2023. The collaboration reflects the extraordinary reach Kusama achieved during her lifetime, as her art moved from galleries and museums into global popular culture.
1966年，草间弥生带着1500个镜面塑料球出现在威尼斯双年展，并将它们铺满了意大利馆外的草坪。她并未受到正式邀请参展。
In 1966, Yayoi Kusama appeared at the Venice Biennale with 1,500 mirrored plastic spheres and spread them across the lawn outside the Italian Pavilion. She had not been formally invited to exhibit.
这件作品名为《水仙园》，草间弥生开始以每个1200里拉（约合当时的2美元）的价格向观众出售单个球体，直到双年展官方叫停销售。这一举动将重复变为奇观，将奇观变为商业。一片看似无穷无尽的相同物体，可以一个个被买走、带走。
The work was “Narcissus Garden,” and Kusama began offering individual spheres to visitors for 1,200 lire, about $2 at the time, until Biennale officials stopped the sales. The gesture turned repetition into spectacle and spectacle into commerce. An apparently endless field of identical objects could, one by one, be bought and carried away. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever. By subscribing, you can help us get the story right.
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