Why Yayoi Kusama is so popular?

Why Kusama is so popular?

I think about it for a long time.

She is very popular in the US(Japan too).

Believe it or not, there are some contexts behind the contemporary art world.

When I was in art college in Japan, my teacher said "We should learn how the art world's history is because it indicates what we should create next." I think it is true.

Big artist Takashi Murakami said the same thing in his book.

According to this theory, she is a pioneer Pop, performance, and installation art.

However, is it the only thing that brings her so famous?

I think no.

In 2019, I saw a long line for her exhibition in New York.

I've never seen such a long line for entering.

The audience had to wait almost two hours in cold weather.

I said "Wow".

Even one of the most famous artist Damien Hirst's exhibitions doesn't make such a long line.

What makes her so high popularity?

Her dramatic life?  

Character?

Artwork's looks?

Maybe everything but I don't feel some ironic element in her artworks.

Her art shows a kind of joy of life or positive feeling.

Maybe it touches not only critics but also audiences who don't know how contemporary art is.