Kusama's Polka Dots and Kawara's Dates: Finding American Success Through Differing Uses of Identity, Temporality, and Artistic Expression

Kissner, Maria

Kusama's Polka Dots and Kawara's Dates: Finding American Success Through Differing Uses of Identity, Temporality, and Artistic Expression

dc.contributor.advisor	Bailey, Robert
dc.contributor.author	Kissner, Maria
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Duncan-O'Neill, Erin
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Warner, Emily
dc.date.accessioned	2023-05-09T20:43:01Z
dc.date.available	2023-05-09T20:43:01Z
dc.date.issued	2023-05-12
dc.date.manuscript	2023
dc.description.abstract	American art spaces have been established as areas that allow for greater acceptance and recognition for artists thus drawing in artists from multitudes of cultural backgrounds. Due to social unrest and change during the mid-20th century, an influx of non-Western artists brought Japanese artists seeking artistic recognition and greater acceptance into American spaces. To effectively navigate cultural exchange in order to gain greater recognition, Japanese artists must learn to create, establish, and bring their art into Western spaces in manners that encourage American consumption. A process that is difficult and few succeed in, artists such as Yayoi Kusama and On Kawara, two widely successful Japanese artists in America, have learned how to bring about such success by incorporating their identity, temporality, and their own artistic interpretations into their art creation. Such accomplishments have allowed for greater Western recognition, changed how Japanese art is viewed in Western spaces, and solidified their places as revered artists in the United States. Although Western recognition is difficult to accomplish and does not follow a specific set of rules, it is apparent that both artists have navigated the American art world successfully.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://shareok.org/handle/11244/337619
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Art History.	en_US
dc.subject	Psychology, Social.	en_US
dc.subject	History, Asia, Australia and Oceania.	en_US
dc.subject	History, United States.	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Arts	en_US
dc.title	Kusama's Polka Dots and Kawara's Dates: Finding American Success Through Differing Uses of Identity, Temporality, and Artistic Expression	en_US
ou.group	Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts::School of Visual Arts	en_US