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...entertaining, trippy chronicle of the Japanese artist's highs and lows The Art Newspaper ...full of lush imagery and dizzyingly vivid splashes of colour that are deliberately evocative of Kusama's own work..Many graphic biographies of artists attempt to replicate their subjects' style in their pages, but Macellari's Kusama achieves unique success in this effort. PopMatters ..The new KUSAMA: A Graphic Novel is set to be a thing of curiosity among art lovers and the mainstream audience alike. DesignTAXI Elisa renders Kusama's fascinating life in a unique graphic style, offering a new way to look at one of the best-known and most intriguing artists of our time. Creative Boom Elisa Macellari's Kusama: The Graphic Novel, a new graphic biography published by Laurence King, is a welcome change, providing insight into the artist's pre-social media years. Rather than concentrating on the immersive and spectacular nature of the large-scale works that have fascinated museum-goers in recent years, the author, after introducing Kusama's childhood in the 1930s, mostly focuses on the artist's pivotal years spent in New York, starting in 1958, when she became part of the city's avant-garde circles. Hyperallergic For the first time, the remarkable Japanese artist's life is told in comic-book form. artnet If you're gifting for someone who loves art, they might enjoy this stunning graphic novel. One of the world's most recognisable artists, known for her plush, stuffed installations covered in polka dots, and her obsessive, repetitive drawings, the legendary Yayoi Kusama is simply made to be a comic hero. Mashable Macellari's splendid biography of Yayoi Kusama brings the artist's neurotic obsessions to life...Macellari's comics interpret and mirror Kusama's art in a way that honors it but doesn't imitate it. This satisfying glimpse into Kusama's world reveals a place both tidy and trippy. Publishers Weekly Overall, an excellent and ambitious retelling of this still enigmatic but important imaginative. The story by Elisa Macellari is hopeful and spectacular. The art by Macellari is gorgeous. Altogether a book that just scratches the surface why Kusama is so important aesthetics the world over. Graphic Policy ...entertaining, trippy chronicle of the Japanese artist's highs and lows The Art Newspaper ...full of lush imagery and dizzyingly vivid splashes of colour that are deliberately evocative of Kusama's own work..Many graphic biographies of artists attempt to replicate their subjects' style in their pages, but Macellari's Kusama achieves unique success in this effort. PopMatters ..The new KUSAMA: A Graphic Novel is set to be a thing of curiosity among art lovers and the mainstream audience alike. DesignTAXI Elisa renders Kusama's fascinating life in a unique graphic style, offering a new way to look at one of the best-known and most intriguing artists of our time. Creative Boom Elisa Macellari's Kusama: The Graphic Novel, a new graphic biography published by Laurence King, is a welcome change, providing insight into the artist's pre-social media years. Rather than concentrating on the immersive and spectacular nature of the large-scale works that have fascinated museum-goers in recent years, the author, after introducing Kusama's childhood in the 1930s, mostly focuses on the artist's pivotal years spent in New York, starting in 1958, when she became part of the city's avant-garde circles. Hyperallergic For the first time, the remarkable Japanese artist's life is told in comic-book form. artnet If you're gifting for someone who loves art, they might enjoy this stunning graphic novel. One of the world's most recognisable artists, known for her plush, stuffed installations covered in polka dots, and her obsessive, repetitive drawings, the legendary Yayoi Kusama is simply made to be a comic hero. Mashable Kusama: The Graphic Novel is an ode to the power of art, which, on multiple occasions, saved Kusama. Hyperallergic Macellari stylishly depicts Kusama's life and various works, including her famed orgies and nude performance art happenings, and she subtly and cleverly evokes the evolution of Kusama's iconic dots throughout. Art lovers who want their biographies with a heavy dose of the visual will appreciate this. Booklist Macellari's splendid biography of Yayoi Kusama brings the artist's neurotic obsessions to life...Macellari's comics interpret and mirror Kusama's art in a way that honors it but doesn't imitate it. This satisfying glimpse into Kusama's world reveals a place both tidy and trippy. Publishers Weekly Overall, an excellent and ambitious retelling of this still enigmatic but important imaginative. The story by Elisa Macellari is hopeful and spectacular. The art by Macellari is gorgeous. Altogether a book that just scratches the surface why Kusama is so important aesthetics the world over. Graphic Policy The distillation of Kusama's long, full, and atypical life to a trim, fast-flowing graphic novel is admirable. The text draws from multiple sources, listed at the book's end; chief among them is Kusama's autobiography. Kusama: A Graphic Biography is a wonderful introduction to a gifted artist. Even those familiar with her work will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the troubled imagination from which it spawned. Foreword Reviews

The distillation of Kusama's long, full, and atypical life to a trim, fast-flowing graphic novel is admirable. The text draws from multiple sources, listed at the book's end; chief among them is Kusama's autobiography. Kusama: A Graphic Biography is a wonderful introduction to a gifted artist. Even those familiar with her work will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the troubled imagination from which it spawned. Foreword Reviews Macellari stylishly depicts Kusama's life and various works, including her famed orgies and nude performance art happenings, and she subtly and cleverly evokes the evolution of Kusama's iconic dots throughout. Art lovers who want their biographies with a heavy dose of the visual will appreciate this. Booklist Macellari's splendid biography of Yayoi Kusama brings the artist's neurotic obsessions to life...Macellari's comics interpret and mirror Kusama's art in a way that honors it but doesn't imitate it. This satisfying glimpse into Kusama's world reveals a place both tidy and trippy. Publishers Weekly Overall, an excellent and ambitious retelling of this still enigmatic but important imaginative. The story by Elisa Macellari is hopeful and spectacular. The art by Macellari is gorgeous. Altogether a book that just scratches the surface why Kusama is so important aesthetics the world over. Graphic Policy Elisa renders Kusama's fascinating life in a unique graphic style, offering a new way to look at one of the best-known and most intriguing artists of our time. Creative Boom ..The new KUSAMA: A Graphic Novel is set to be a thing of curiosity among art lovers and the mainstream audience alike. DesignTAXI If you're gifting for someone who loves art, they might enjoy this stunning graphic novel. One of the world's most recognisable artists, known for her plush, stuffed installations covered in polka dots, and her obsessive, repetitive drawings, the legendary Yayoi Kusama is simply made to be a comic hero. Mashable For the first time, the remarkable Japanese artist's life is told in comic-book form. artnet ...entertaining, trippy chronicle of the Japanese artist's highs and lows The Art Newspaper

The distillation of Kusama's long, full, and atypical life to a trim, fast-flowing graphic novel is admirable. The text draws from multiple sources, listed at the book's end; chief among them is Kusama's autobiography. Kusama: A Graphic Biography is a wonderful introduction to a gifted artist. Even those familiar with her work will gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the troubled imagination from which it spawned. Foreword Reviews Macellari stylishly depicts Kusama's life and various works, including her famed orgies and nude performance art happenings, and she subtly and cleverly evokes the evolution of Kusama's iconic dots throughout. Art lovers who want their biographies with a heavy dose of the visual will appreciate this. Booklist Macellari's splendid biography of Yayoi Kusama brings the artist's neurotic obsessions to life...Macellari's comics interpret and mirror Kusama's art in a way that honors it but doesn't imitate it. This satisfying glimpse into Kusama's world reveals a place both tidy and trippy. Publishers Weekly

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Elisa Macellari is a Thai-Italian illustrator. Her clients include The New York Times, Corriere della Sera, Mondadori, Feltrinelli and Nobrow Press. Her first graphic novel, Papaya Salad (2018), has been published in Italian, French and Spanish.

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