The Obliteration Room 2002

Beginning as a stark white interior it encourages you to transform the space of our creative learning centre by saturating it with a rainbow of brightly coloured dots.

The obliteration room 2002.

Reworked and enlarged in 2011 for the gallery s yayoi kusama. The obliteration room 2002 present sponsored by santos glng and supported by ikea logan is an interactive work initially developed by senior japanese artist yayoi kusama in collaboration with the queensland art gallery as a children s project for apt2002. The globe i donated to the obliteration room was well used before it arrived in our house. The obliteration room 2011 revisits the popular interactive children s project developed by yayoi kusama for the queensland art gallery s apt 2002.

Asia pacific triennial of contemporary art. It was made sometime in the late 1940s or 50s and included a lot of out of date political boundaries. The white room works as a canvas for visitors its furniture and details blend in together as colorful dots take over. The obliteration room 2002 present is a dynamic artwork by leading contemporary japanese artist yayoi kusama that transforms over time through the active participation of visitors.

The obliteration room was fist displayed at the queensland art gallery in 2002 as an art project for children and in 2012 it was presented at tate modern. The obliteration room by yayoi kusama 2002 to present. The obliteration room courtesy of kusama enterprise ota fine arts tokyo singapore and david zwirner new york yayoi kusama. Besides the obliteration room.

The obliteration room 2002 present furniture white paint dot stickers dimensions variable collaboration between yayoi kusama and queensland art gallery. 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 painted completely white. From seattle art museum yayoi kusama the obliteration room 2002 furniture white paint and dot stickers. The obliteration room 2002 present is a family friendly and participatory installation by one of the world s most popular well loved artists yayoi kusama b.

Look now see forever exhibition at goma the work became a social media phenomenon when images of the progressive. Tateshots produced this timelapse video of the obliteration room covering the first few weeks of its presentation at tate modern.