Kusama Dots Yellow

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I recently completed a third painting in tribute to artist Yayoi Kusama titled Kusama Dots Yellow.  It is currently on view as part of the Visual Fringe art gallery housed within the Orlando Shakespeare Theater.  It will remain on view through the rest of the Orlando Fringe, which concludes on Sunday, May 26th.

This painting more closely resembles the dot patterns found in the majority of Kusama’s paintings – rows of smaller dots alongside rows of larger dots in an alternating fashion.  The visual result of this dot pattern is somewhat mesmerizing and hypnotic.  It is almost as if the dots – waxing in size and then waning again – are creating a wavelike motion.

Kusama Dots Yellow is acrylic on canvas and measures 10” x 10”.

 

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I am writer and artist with a degree in art history who loves to talk to people about art. I have spent the last seven years building up The Wandering Art Historian “brand” as a way to connect with people who want to learn more about art. I give lectures and presentations and teach classes and host book club discussions with a creative or artistic connection. I also write about local artists, events, museums, and exhibitions to promote the arts in Central Florida. In 2021, I had a creative crisis. I struggled with authenticity in the art making process. I decided to make myself vulnerable and find out what a real, genuine Adrienne H. Lee artwork would look like. The process was challenging and emotional and revelatory. I learned that if necessity is the mother of invention, then authenticity is the mother of reinvention. I reinvented myself and learned an entirely new medium. The resulting artwork surprised me, and it will surprise you, too. Some people wish for a fairytale ending. For me, the fairy tale is only the beginning.