Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, illustrated by Yayoi Kusama sitting on an old scarf…
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, by Lewis Carroll. (via)
This book was a belated birthday present from a dear friend (Otto Bell) by way of the Tate. Although I don’t see him nearly as often as I’d like, he never misses the mark on my birthday.
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