Fortress of Stars
1988
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View on museum website →Medium
mixed media
Dimensions
overall: 39.69 × 27.62 × 12.07 cm (15 5/8 × 10 7/8 × 4 3/4 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Department
CMC
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Corcoran Collection (Gift of Anthony T. Podesta, Washington DC)
Accession Number
2015.19.3942
Art Historical Context
Yayoi Kusama's *Fortress of Stars*1988) is a captivating mixed-media sculpture measuring just 39.69 × 27.62 × 12.07 cm, inviting viewers into the artist's signature universe of infinite repetition and cosmic wonder. Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama rose to international prominence in the 1960s New York art scene through her avant-garde happenings, polka-dot motifs, and Infinity Net paintings, blending pop art, minimalism, feminist themes. This petite work, now part of the National Gallery of Art's Corcoran Collection (gifted by Anthony T. Podesta), exemplifies her lifelong exploration of psycholo...