Yayoi Kusama Kenetic Carpet

Yayoi kusama in her phalli s field infinity room in 1965.

Yayoi kusama kenetic carpet.

The work was one of kusama s first major performance pieces as she stood in the middle of what she called a kinetic carpet draped in a gold kimono. Narcissus garden perhaps one of kusama s most notorious works which she first exhibited at the 33rd venice biennale comprised hundreds of mirrored spheres woven into a kinetic carpet. Aged eleven the girl found a way to deal with her condition in using creativity. The exhibition allowed a person to look into one mirrored ball and see their reflection replicated and distorted 1500 times.

On the front lawn of the 1966 venice biennale the artist laid out a kinetic carpet inclusive of 1500 mirrored balls. Yayoi kusama s remarkable artistic practice has fascinated the public for nearly six decades. Kusama dressed in a golden kimono then initially attempted to sell the spheres for 2 each but the organisers of the biennale quickly put a. Then for 2 usd they could purchase one.

Infinity mirrored room brilliance of the souls by yayoi kusuma 2014. The sign she posted among the spheres reading your narcissism for. Yayoi kusama was still a child when she experienced her first hallucinations. Yayoi kusama born march 22 1929 matsumoto japan japanese artist who was a self described obsessional artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations she employed painting sculpture performance art and installations in a variety of styles including pop art and minimalism.

On that occasion on the grass between the pavilions kusama clandestinely installed 1 500 mirrored globes which she sold to passersby for us 2 each. Here you can read more about the artworks in the exhibition. The japanese girl s mind was then inhabited by dots balls and phallic shapes which led to a compulsive disorder diagnosis. Yayoi kusama 草間 彌生 kusama yayoi born march 22 1929 is a japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation but is also active in painting performance film fashion poetry fiction and other arts her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism minimalism surrealism art brut pop art and abstract expressionism and is.

Narcissus garden inhotim 2009 is a new version of a key sculpture yayoi kusama originally presented in 1966 for her unofficial participation in the 33rd venice biennale. During the early 60s.