" My life is a pea lost among millions of other peas " Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama is Japan's most famous contemporary artist. Born in the city of Matsumoto, she studied painting in Kyoto before moving to New York in the 1950s. She became famous in the mid-1960s for her provocative creations.
Her art is a kind of analysis based on the exploration of her neuroses. Returning to Japan in 1973, she continued to create installations that fascinated the world.
Yayoi Kusama creates this monumental installation with the intention of provoking intense emotions in the viewer; it reflects her obsession with repetition, corners and reflective mirrors.
The work is part of a series of installations titled Infinity Mirrored Room that uses mirrors and LED technology to express the hallucinations the artist has experienced since childhood, her feelings of floating or confinement.
To create this environment, Yayoi Kusama carefully considers the placement of objects and mirrors, and anticipates the light effects produced.
Large plastic pumpkins painted in yellow and black with acrylic paint invade the space and give the illusion, thanks to the play of mirrors, of being infinitely multiplied. The work evokes a certain vision of life, death and infinity. The spectators are invited to enter the installation to see their reflections mingling with the pumpkin landscape, lit from unexpected angles.
The work is part of a series of installations titled Infinity Mirrored Room that uses mirrors and LED technology to express the hallucinations the artist has experienced since childhood, her feelings of floating or confinement.
To create this environment, Yayoi Kusama carefully considers the placement of objects and mirrors, and anticipates the light effects produced.
Large plastic pumpkins painted in yellow and black with acrylic paint invade the space and give the illusion, thanks to the play of mirrors, of being infinitely multiplied. The work evokes a certain vision of life, death and infinity. The spectators are invited to enter the installation to see their reflections mingling with the pumpkin landscape, lit from unexpected angles.
For Yayoi Kusama, the peas refer to the sun, symbol of energy, and the moon, symbol of calm and serenity.
The multiplication of black peas also responds to a desire for "self-extinction", according to the artist.
