Kusama's Delicate Drawings Both Illustrate And Interpret Hans Christian Andersen's Talehans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tale The Little Mermaid (1839), A Story About A Girl From The Sea Who Followed Her Dreams And Suffered A Disastrous Fate On Land, Is Known All Over The World (Particularly In Its Animated Incarnation) But The Familiar Story Is Brought To New Life In This Gorgeous Edition, A Collaboration Between The Louisiana Museum Of Modern Art And Artist Yayoi Kusama Paired With Hans Christian Andersen's Original Text, The Densely Patterned, Undulating Line Drawings Of Kusama's Love Forever Series (2004-7) Conjure Up Storms In The Roiling Waves Of The Ocean, The Little Mermaid's Vast Underwater Kingdom And Her Longing To Live In The Human World Kusama's Fertile, Endlessly Repeating Forms Are An Ideal Match For The Poetic And Disturbing Universe Evoked In The Fairy Tale;