{"id":387,"date":"2018-11-13T11:29:46","date_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999925309"},"modified":"2018-11-13T11:29:46","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T19:29:46","slug":"step-into-the-polka-dotted-world-of-famed-artist-yayoi-kusama-during-this-one-night-only-documentary-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/art\/step-into-the-polka-dotted-world-of-famed-artist-yayoi-kusama-during-this-one-night-only-documentary-screening","title":{"rendered":"Step into the polka-dotted world of famed artist Yayoi Kusama during this one-night-only documentary screening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kusama - Infinity - Official Trailer\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x8mdIB1WxHI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Entering into one of Yayoi Kusama\u2019s Infinity Mirrored Rooms is like taking a short trip to outer space; you feel suspended in time surrounded by darkness, dazzling colors, patterns and points of light. Her installations and paintings are just as immersive, offering viewers a chance to step into her imaginative, often polka-dotted, world.<\/p>\n<p>Get an inside look into Kusama\u2019s life and psyche on Thursday, Nov. 15 during a one-night-only screening of the documentary, Kusama: Infinity, at the Art Theatre. Presented by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imprintlab.com\/\">Imprint Culture Lab<\/a> and POW! WOW!, ticket proceeds will benefit the annual mural festival\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.powwowlongbeach.com\/\">POW! WOW! Long Beach<\/a> and the theatre.<\/p>\n<p>From growing up in Japan during World War II in a dysfunctional family, dealing with her own mental illness and continuing to pursue her artistic practice despite all setbacks, Kusama&#8217;s work has garnered international acclaim; she is now the top-selling female artist in the world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_999925319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-999925319\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-999925319 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/kasama1-970x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-999925319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Artist Yayoi Kusama in the Orez Gallery in the Hague, Netherlands (1965) in KUSAMA &#8211; INFINITY. Photo credit: Harrie Verstappen. Photo courtesy of Magnolia Pictures.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>For tickets to Kusama: Infinity, visit the Facebook event page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1084069325091209\/\">here<\/a>, and learn more about the film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kusamamovie.com\/\">here<\/a>. The documentary screens at the Art Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 15 at 8 p.m., located at 2025 E. 4th St.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get an inside look into Yayoi Kusama\u2019s psyche on Thursday, Nov. 15 during this one-night-only screening of the documentary Kusama: Infinity. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":65912,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[234],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-art","tag-art-theatre","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}