Events

Exhibition

03/12/2023 - 06/25/2023
Katonah, NY

Miniature Worlds: Joseph Cornell, Ray Johnson, Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Bird, 1980

Collage, pastel, gouache, and ink on paper

25 7/8 x 20 1/8 in. (65.7 x 51.1 cm)

Private Collection, Courtesy of Omer Tiroche Gallery

© YAYOI KUSAMA

Time & Location

March 12 – June 25

The Katonah Museum of Art (Katonah, NY)

About

Miniature Worlds explores the relationships between Joseph Cornell and two pioneering artists—Ray Johnson and Yayoi Kusama—and brings their works together for the first time.

This exhibition examines the prominent role Cornell played within the vast network of visual and textual references and free-form associations that Johnson synthesized from his everyday life. It also traces how Kusama turned to collage to evoke and commemorate Cornell. Like all relationships, these two friendships were worlds unto themselves, complete with their own histories, languages, and complex emotional terrains. The intimate, small-scale works exhibited here were shaped by and reflect these miniature worlds.

For more information visit the Katonah Museum of Art website.