This Japanese artist is creating stunning interactive installations that blur the line between the here and now, and infinity and beyond.
Yayoi Kusama, the 88-year-old artist, specializing primarily in sculpture and installation, has been making waves with her incredible approach to art. Originally a part of the 1960s New York pop art scene, she left and came back, actively exhibiting and gaining widespread international recognition since 1993.
Yayoi’s latest exhibit, “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors,” features six of the artist’s signature rooms. Each room is mirrored and has a different setup. Some comprise intricate displays of colored lights amidst a dark room while others are brightly lit and studded with hundreds of small sculptures (like “Phalli’s Field” which was Yayoi’s first Infinity Room made in 1965).
Once the viewer is in and the door closes, a seamless experience is created where the viewer feels like he or she is suspended in a lit-up psychedelic experience that goes on forever. You’re melting away into infinity. Cue selfie burst shot sequence.
Each viewer has a mere 30 seconds in every room (art galleries have approximated that the wait for entry into each room is around 20 minutes), and after the first few mind melting seconds, the viewer is then able to extrapolate all of the fantastic details and the meaning. The exhibit reminds us that we are only flecks of dust in an ever-expanding, infinite universe — things just go on and on and on. Too deep? It’s truly spectacular to look at.
See the video below for a better understanding. Seems like this is an experience that goes beyond words.
