Yayoi Kusama Museum Infinity Room

It is shown alongside chandelier of grief a room which creates the illusion of a boundless universe of rotating crystal chandeliers.

Yayoi kusama museum infinity room.

Purchase with funds from the postwar committee and the contemporary painting and sculpture committee and partial gift of betsy wittenborn miller 2003 322. Infinity mirrored room love forever 1966 1994 at the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden yayoi kusama japanese b. 281 9 367 367 cm. The exhibition is traveling to several major museums in the united states and canada including the hirshhorn museum and sculpture garden february 23 may 14 2017 seattle art museum june 30 sept.

1929 wood mirrors metal and lightbulbs 82 x 94 x 80 in collection of ota fine arts tokyo singapore. For the best chance to view this infinity mirrored room. 10 2017 the broad los angeles october. 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 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. 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. Japanese artist yayoi kusama is known for her repetitive polka dots and peep show like chamber rooms that create the illusion of infinite space. You will need to enter your mobile phone number and first name.

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. Yayoi kusama s infinity mirrored rooms. Mirrors plexiglass lights and water 111 144 1 2 144 1 2 in.

21 2017 in washington dc. A room is completely covered with mirrors and dozens of led lights hang from the ceiling. Whitney museum of american art new york. As the multitude of lights reflect they accumulate and expand exponentially.

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.