The Obliteration Room De Yayoi Kusama 2011

Lastly the exhibition will conclude documentarily with the projection of some of her most polemic performances such as walking piece or kusama s self obliteration and a room.

The obliteration room de yayoi kusama 2011.

Yayoi kusama s obliteration room at 82 japanese artist yayoi kusama shows no signs of slowing down. In yayoi kusama s the obliteration room visitor. Watch the progression of yayoi kusama s the obliteration room from a blank white canvas to a polka dot covered colour explosion over the course of one month. Asia pacific triennial of contemporary art.

The obliteration room 2011 revisits the popular interactive children s project developed by yayoi kusama for the queensland art gallery s apt 2002. 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. Her latest installation at brisbane s queensland art gallery includes an all white living space covered with thousands of colourful dot stickers. 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.

The extraordinary capacity of kusama s work which adapts to. Looking like a typical american house in the exterior with generic furniture and fittings in the interior it captures the visitor with a. Room filled with the brilliance of life 2011 a montage specifically designed for the occasion. 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.

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.