Yayoi Kusama Museum Infinity Room

A woman enters the the souls of millions of light years away room during a preview of the yayoi kusama s infinity mirrors exhibit at the hirshhorn museum feb.

Yayoi kusama museum infinity room.

As the multitude of lights reflect they accumulate and expand exponentially. 10 2017 the broad los angeles october. This sense of infinity has been with kusama from the beginning. Infinity mirrors is organized by mika yoshitake curator hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden smithsonian institution washington d c.

Infinity mirrored room love forever 1966 1994 at the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden yayoi kusama japanese b. It is shown alongside chandelier of grief a room which creates the illusion of a boundless universe of rotating crystal chandeliers. Whitney museum of american art new york. A room is completely covered with mirrors and dozens of led lights hang from the ceiling.

Japanese artist yayoi kusama is known for her repetitive polka dots and peep show like chamber rooms that create the illusion of infinite space. 281 9 367 367 cm. The first publication to focus on yayoi kusama s infinity mirror rooms t his richly illustrated volume includes insightful essays by mika yoshitake alexander dumbadze and gloria sutton as well as an interview with the artist by melissa chiu the hirshhorn s director. Purchase with funds from the postwar committee and the contemporary painting and sculpture committee and partial gift of betsy wittenborn miller 2003 322.

Yayoi kusama s infinity mirrored rooms. Mirrors plexiglass lights and water 111 144 1 2 144 1 2 in. Once inside the museum visit the ipad kiosk in the lobby to join the first come first served virtual queue for the souls of millions of light years away. Infinity mirrored room the souls of millions of light years away 2013 is just such an inhabitable kusama world.

For the best chance to view this infinity mirrored room. Infinity mirrored room filled with the brilliance of life is one of kusama s largest installations to date and was made for her 2012 retrospective at tate modern. 1929 fireflies on the water 2002. Six of her i.

1929 wood mirrors metal and lightbulbs 82 x 94 x 80 in collection of ota fine arts tokyo singapore.