Polka dots everywhere! Slideshow: Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama see world in dots #LV

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metronews.ca 08 Aug '12, 5pm

Polka dots everywhere! Slideshow: Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama see world in dots #LV

TOKYO – Polka dots are Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama’s lifelong inspiration, obsession and passion. And so they’re everywhere – not only on canvases but on installations shaped like gnarled tentacles and oversized yellow pumpkins. As part of her retrospective on exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, they also sparkle as “firefly” light bulbs reflected on water and mirrors. Kusama’s signature splash of dots has now arrived in the realm of fashion in a collection from French luxury brand Louis Vuitton – bags, sunglasses, shoes and coats. In this 1967 photo released by Yayoi Kusama Studio Inc., Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama poses with a horse in a happening titled "Horse Play" in Woodstock, New York. Kusama's signature splash of dots has now arrived in the realm of fashion in a new collection from French luxury brand Louis Vuitton - bags, sungla...

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Polka dots everywhere! Slideshow: Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama see world in dots [link] #LV