{"product_id":"louis-vuitton-yayoi-kusama-9780847873838","title":"Louis Vuitton Yayoi Kusama","description":"\u003cb\u003eLouis Vuitton, the global luxury fashion house, and world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama partner again, and in the storied history of the brand's epic collaborations with artists, this is the most ambitious to date.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this important volume about this powerhouse collaboration, artwork by trailblazing artist Yayoi Kusama is featured alongside the groundbreaking fashion collection she designed with Louis Vuitton, and is organized around the seminal artistic themes that inspired the project. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEdited by Ferdinando Verdi and Isabel Venero, the volume includes contributions from renowned experts in both fashion and art, including writer Jo-Ann Furniss who explores the collaboration, designer Marc Jacobs who initiated the house's relationship with Kusama, and curators Mika Yoshitake and Philip Larratt-Smith, both of whom have organized important exhibitions on the artist's work. And Hans Ulrich Obrist, the renowned curator and Artistic Director of Serpentine Galleries, London, Hans Ulrich Obrist talks with longtime Kusama expert Akira Tatehata. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the spirit of this iconic partnership and with a nod to the popular fascination with Kusama, the book includes musings from some of the most important contemporary artists and musicians working today--including Arca, Katherine Bradford, Anne Imhoff, Ryan McNamara, Raúl de Nieves, Ryan Trecartin, Nora Turato, and Jacolby Satterwhite--talking about Kusama's impact and her extraordinary ability to build fantastical worlds through her signature polka dots and mirror balls, which are joyful representations of her deeply thoughtful philosophy about art and the universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJo-Ann Furniss\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor, creative director, and writer. She was the editor-in-chief of \u003ci\u003eArena Homme+\u003c\/i\u003e from 2004 to 2011, and writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eI-D\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Face\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnOther Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMika Yoshitake, \u003c\/b\u003e PhD, is an independent curator with expertise in postwar Japanese art. She received her MA and PhD in Art History from UCLA.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Rizzoli International Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620351283474,"sku":"9780847873838","price":61.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7218edf7-d88f-44a0-90d4-4319162e4cba.jpg?v=1732563947","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/louis-vuitton-yayoi-kusama-9780847873838","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}