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2025 Konamon Fest: Japanese Street Food Festival at Santa Monica Pier (2 Days) Sake, Food, Music.
2025 Am I An American or Am I Not? A Powerful Civil Rights Exhibition: A Traveling Exhibition from the Fred T. Korematsu Institute
2025 Orange County Bon Odori Dance Practice at Orange County Buddhist Church (OCBC) - Everybody is Welcome to Come & Learn the Dances
2025: 62nd Annual Japanese Cultural Festival & Ondo Event (Bon Odori Dance, Japanese Food, Games, Taiko, Bingo..) SEJSCC Southeast School (2 Days)
2025: 67th Zenshuji Obon Carnival Festival, Japantown Los Angeles (Japanese Food, Taiko, Performances, Games..) (2 Days)
2025: 4th Annual Nikkei Celebration Festival Event in Boyle Heights (Parade, Public Ondo, Entertainment & Performances..) Saturday
2025 Valley Japanese Community Center Obon Odori Practice: Bring Uchiwa, Tenugui and Kachi Kachi (Tue/Fri) Sun Valley
2025: 69th Annual Valley Japanese Community Center OBON Festival: Japanese Food, Dango, Games, Judo, Tea Ceremony (2 Days)
2025 Japanology Fair in Sun Valley: Celebrate Japanese Culture with Shopping, Food, and Art - Valley Japanese Community Center
2025 Long Beach Buddhist Church (LBBC) Bon Odori Festival Event (Ondo Dancing, Live Taiko, Food..) Saturday
2025 Annual Tacoma Obon & Bon Odori Festival Event (Live Taiko, Japanese Food, Beer Garden..) Tacoma Buddhist Temple (Saturday)
2025 Buddhist Temple of Marin Obon Service and Odori Celebration Event
2025 Nisei Week Ondo Dance Practice: JACCC Plaza, Little Tokyo, LA (Everyone Welcome to Dance or Watch) Tue/Thu

2025 David Zwirner Special Online Exhibition: Exceptional Works: Yayoi Kusama History (Online)NEW

Date: Friday, 16 May, 2025       Time: All Day
David Zwirner Gallery
525 W 19th St
New York, NY 10011
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Map of David Zwirner Gallery, 525 W 19th St

Yayoi Kusama: Exceptional Works
Aspiring to Pumpkin’s Love, the Love in My Heart, 2023
Yayoi Kusama's monumental bronze and urethane paint sculpture, "Aspiring to Pumpkin’s Love, the Love in My Heart" (2023), stands as a testament to her lifelong fascination with pumpkins. This piece, part of a series of large-scale pumpkin works, transforms the pumpkin's typical shape into an undulating form, offering dynamic perspectives from different angles. Debuting at David Zwirner's New York gallery in 2023 and presented at Art Basel Unlimited 2024, this sculpture embodies the themes central to Kusama’s work, celebrating the joy and comfort pumpkins have brought her since childhood.

“Pumpkins have been a great comfort to me since my childhood; they speak to me of the joy of living. They are humble and amusing at the same time, and I have and always will celebrate them in my art.” -Yayoi Kusama

Online Special Exhibition

Additional Highlights

• Exhibitions: Recent retrospectives include "Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now" at the Guggenheim Bilbao, M+ Hong Kong, and currently at Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves in Porto.
• Fairs: Art Basel Unlimited 2024 features Kusama's recent works.
• Collect: Kusama’s limited edition sculptures and paintings are highly sought after in art collections globally.
• Stories: Kusama's autobiography "Infinity Net" offers insight into her artistic journey and personal life.
• Books: Numerous publications explore Kusama’s influence and unique artistic vision.
• About: Kusama's impact on contemporary art spans over 30 years, blending elements of pop art and minimalism with her distinct motifs of dots and natural forms.

Major Works
• Pumpkin (1994): A significant public commission on Naoshima Island, Japan.
• Mirror Room (Pumpkin) (1991): Displayed at the Japanese Pavilion, Venice Biennale, 1993.
• Dancing Pumpkin (2020): Exhibited at the New York Botanical Garden.
• Upcoming: A new outdoor installation, "Pumpkin (2024)," at the Serpentine Galleries in London.

Kusama’s art continues to captivate audiences worldwide, celebrating themes of nature, joy, and infinite repetition through her iconic pumpkin sculptures and installations.

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