Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: With Artwork by Yayoi Kusama

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Yayoi Kusama, one of Japan's most celebrated visual artists, illustrates one of the world's most beloved works of literature Since childhood, Kusama has been afflicted with a condition that makes her see spots, which means she sees the world in a surreal, almost hallucinogenic way that sits very well with the Wonderland of Alice. She is fascinated by childhood and the way adults have the ability, at their most creative, to see things the way children do, a central concern of the Alice books. The classic book is colour illustrated with a clothbound jacket, and produced to very high specification. Kusama's images are interspersed throughout the text. Produced in collaboration with the Kusama Studio, Tokyo and Gagosian Gallery.

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A breathtaking piece of visual philosophy to complement Carrolls timeless vision...a striking contender for the most visually captivating take onAlices Adventures in Wonderlandyet.
BrainPickings

Yayoi Kusamas visionary take on Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland...shows how no matter how old you are, childhood never has to end.
Huffington Post

A charming little book...this is pretty much the perfect pairing.
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Author Bio

Yayoi Kusama was born in Matsumoto City, Japan in 1929. Her work is in the collections of leading museums throughout the world including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; LACMA, Los Angeles; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Tate Modern, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Centre Pompidou, Paris; and the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Major exhibitions of her work have appeared in many of the world's most celebrated museums. Kusama lives and works in Tokyo, Japan.