‘I have had so many hardships, with people saying various things about me.’ So said world-renowned artist Yayoi Kusama in a 1965 interview with Japanese poet Akira Tatehata. ‘Time is finally turning a kind eye on me. But it barely matters, for I am dashing into the future.’ In 2021,

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i. My name is: Chrissy Cheung ii. I am a: Curator and a contemporary artist. For this interview-essay I am speaking only as a curator for PAINTER8. (That’s a condensed name for the Painter8 Arts Society) iii. Who will participate in this show?   The Canadian visual artists exhibiting in

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