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Yayoi Kusama's message to Covid-19: 'Disappear from this earth' www.theguardian.com

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Yayoi Kusama, one of the world’s most popular living artists, has responded to the global coronavirus crisis with a message of defiance.
The reclusive 91-year-old, celebrated for her polka-dot artworks and installations, has written what she says is a message to the whole world.
It takes the form of a poem, in which Kusama says it is time “to fight and overcome our unhappiness” to “fight this terrible monster”.
Yayoi Kusama’s Road to Eternal Love and Hope, 2019.
Photograph: Courtesy Ota Fine Arts, Victoria Miro, David ZwirnerMuch of Kusama’s work is characterised by obsessiveness and a desire to escape psychological trauma.