Yayoi Kusama Kinetic Carpet

During the early 60s.

Yayoi kusama kinetic carpet.

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. Infinity mirrored room brilliance of the souls by yayoi kusuma 2014. Then for 2 usd they could purchase one. Yayoi kusama in her phalli s field infinity room in 1965.

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. 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. On the front lawn of the 1966 venice biennale the artist laid out a kinetic carpet inclusive of 1500 mirrored balls. Here you can read more about the artworks in the exhibition.

Yayoi kusama s narcissus garden has always fascinated me. The sign she posted among the spheres reading your narcissism for. Yayoi kusama 草間 彌生 kusama yayoi born 22 march 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. Like few other artists she moves freely between painting and sculpture between art and design and between east and west.