Kusama Obliteration Room Tate

Yayoi kusama s interactive obliteration room begins as a white space which visitors are invited to cover with stickers.

Kusama obliteration room tate. The extraordinary capacity of kusama s work which adapts to. It is shown alongside chandelier of grief a room which creates the illusion of a boundless universe of rotating crystal chandeliers. Infinity rooms offering visitors a rare chance to experience two of yayoi kusama s infinity rooms the show will run from 11 may 2020 to 9 may 2021. Asia pacific triennial of contemporary art.

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 obliteration room featured in kusama s major retrospective at tate modern in london and the work has since toured to buenos aires rio de janiero brasilia sao paulo mexico city shanghai and venues in south korea switzerland and france with many future locales to come. The nine decades of yayoi kusama s life have taken her from rural japan to the new york art scene to contemporary tokyo in a career in which she has continuously innovated and re invented her style. Over the course of her career yayoi kusama has produced more than twenty distinct infinity mirror rooms two of them infinity mirrored room filled.

The obliteration room 2011 revisits the popular interactive children s project developed by yayoi kusama for the queensland art gallery s apt 2002. The nine decades of artist yayoi kusama s life have taken her from rural japan to the new york art scene to contemporary tokyo in a career in which she has. For kusama obliteration is a reflection on the experience of death and the potential of the afterlife. New york s david zwirner art gallery was recently host to the give me love installation a collection by japanese artist yayoi kusama a particular piece was the obliteration room 2002 present that has more than what its looks convey.

Looking like a typical american house in the exterior with generic furniture and fittings in the interior it captures the visitor with a. Artist yayoi kusama s interactive obliteration room begins as an entirely white space furnished as a monochrome living room which people are then invited t. In this reworked and enlarged installation an australian domestic environment is recreated in the gallery space complete with locally sourced furniture and ornamentation all of which has been. Over the course of a few weeks the room is transformed from a blank canvas into an explosion of colour with thousands of spots stuck over every available surface.