Hallucinations of Polka Dots: The Work of Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama is a visionary who inspired and contributed to the emerging avant-garde movements of pop art and minimalism in the 1950s and 60s and continues to produce unusual and …
Wondrous and Disturbed: In the Realms of the Unreal
We read everyday of outsiders who become violent. Here is the story of an outsider who found another way: art. When Henry Darger passed away in 1973 at the age …
Playful Depths: I’m a Cyborg, but That’s OK
Are humor and honesty effective in dealing with death and mental illness? Are we held back by propriety and clichés? When the white coats take away Young-Goon’s grandmother, who believes …
Ridicule is Nothing to Be Scared of: Adam Ant, Hero in the War Against Mental Illness
Mental illness is misunderstood and hidden. What would happen if we embraced ourselves and one another for who we are? Adam Ant, born Stuart Goddard in Marylebone, England, burst on …