Yayoi Kusama Kinetic Carpet

On the front lawn of the 1966 venice biennale the artist laid out a kinetic carpet inclusive of 1500 mirrored balls.

Yayoi kusama kinetic carpet.

The work was one of kusama s first major performance pieces as she stood in the middle of what she called a kinetic carpet draped in a gold kimono. The exhibition allowed a person to look into one mirrored ball and see their reflection replicated and distorted 1500 times. 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. Narcissus garden inhotim 2009 is a new version of a key sculpture yayoi kusama originally presented in 1966 for her unofficial participation in the 33rd venice biennale.

During the early 60s. Yayoi kusama in her phalli s field infinity room in 1965. Infinity mirrored room brilliance of the souls by yayoi kusuma 2014. Yayoi kusama s narcissus garden has always fascinated me.

Like few other artists she moves freely between painting and sculpture between art and design and between east and west. Yayoi kusama born march 22 1929 matsumoto japan japanese artist who was a self described obsessional artist known for her extensive use of polka dots and for her infinity installations she employed painting sculpture performance art and installations in a variety of styles including pop art and minimalism. On that occasion on the grass between the pavilions kusama clandestinely installed 1 500 mirrored globes which she sold to passersby for us 2 each. Then for 2 usd they could purchase one.