Kusama, Yayoi, Oven-Pan, 1963, paint, canvas, cotton, steel, wood
Collection Walker Art Center, T. B. Walker Acquisition Fund, 1996

Yayoi Kusama with Robert Murdock: Interview, 12/22/66
Location: New York, New York at Kusama's studio.

All files are in RealAudio format.

Track 1, 6:52 Question: Can you compare the net paintings to the accumulation works? Discussion of: infinity; watercolor paintings of flowers; white net painting; nervous breakdown.	Track 2, 5:01 Discussion of: World War II in Japan; first exhibition in Seattle; netting.	Track 3, 7:03 Discussion of: soft sculpture; 1,000 boat show; food opposition; use of high heel shoes as a female symbol.
Track 4, 9:27 Discussion of: 1965 mirror installation with polka dots (sex and sickness). Question: Do the accumulations relate to the work of Arman? Discussion of: phalluses on furniture; Lucy Lippard's book on Pop Art claims Kusama is more connected to European than American art.	Track 5, 8:06 Question: Any connection to Oldenburg or Capra? Discussion of: Happening on 14th Street, New York City; relation to Oldenburg; relation to Japanese culture; conflict between individual and society; making mass produced phallic symbols.	Track 6, 5:46 Discussion of a review by art critic Sidney Tillim; sexual compulsions; obsession with death.
Track 7, 4:12 Discussion of: making a film about sex; garden themes, water themes; sex compulsion; infinity.