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Yayoi Kusama
Clouds  1999
vinyl balloons, set of 20
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Yayoi Kusama
The Earth in Late Summer  2004
styrol, wood, cloth, paint 
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Yayoi Kusama
Fireflies on the Water  2000
light bulbs, water, mirror room 
Collection: FNAC, France 
Image courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Yayoi Kusama
Infinity Mirror Room-Phalli’s Field (or Floor Show) 1965
sewn stuffed fabric, board, mirror room
Installation view R. Castellane Gallery, New York, USA
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Yayoi Kusama
Invisible Life  2000
convex mirrors
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Yayoi Kusama
Narcissus Garden  1966
Installation view, The 33rd Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Image courtesy the artist, Yayoi Kusama Studio, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Yayoi Kusama
The Moment of Regeneration  2004
sewn fabric, polyurethane, wood, paint
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist
Photo: Keizo Kioku
Yayoi Kusama
Walking on the Sea of Death  1981 
sewn stuffed fabric, wooden boat, paint 
Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro Gallery, London and Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo © the artist

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MaxTV Yayoi Kusama

Running Time: 2:57

Yumi Stynes from MaxTV talks to MCA director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor about Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years

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MaxTV Yayoi Kusama

Running Time: 2:57

Yumi Stynes from MaxTV talks to MCA director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor about Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years

What's On - Yayoi Kusama

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The What's On program discusses the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years held at the MCA in 2009.

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What's On - Yayoi Kusama

Running Time: 0:44

The What's On program discusses the exhibition Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years held at the MCA in 2009.

Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years



24 February - 8 June 2009

“ebullient, alternately sexy and innocent”
– New York Times

"Kusama's profoundly zany work is equal parts Freud, Dr Seuss and Timothy Leary"- TimeOut Sydney

"The most enchanting, exquisite, want-to-stay-lost-here space in Sydney"- Daily Addict

Discover the work of internationally acclaimed Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama with this major exhibition that spans decades of her artistic practice.

Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years
demonstrates the enduring force of Yayoi Kusama. Renowned early installations such as Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli’s Field (1965) along with recent immersive environments including Fireflies on the Water (2000) and Clouds (2008) provide insight into the creative energy of this extraordinary artist and her lifelong preoccupation with the perceptual, visual and physical worlds.

Working across different media and forms that include painting, collage, sculpture, installation and film, as well as performance and its documentation, Kusama creates works that reveal a fixation with repetition, pattern and accumulation. Describing herself as an “obsessive artist”, her work is intensely sensual, infused with
autobiographical, psychological and sexual content.

For a panoramic view of the Infinity Mirror Room-Phalli's Field (or Floor Show) 1965 MCA installation click here

To visit Yayoi Kusama's website please click here.

Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years Exhibition Education Kit

Organised by Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Curated by Jaap Guldemond (Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen), Franck Gautherot and Seungduk Kim (Le Consortium in Dijon, France).

Presented in association with City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand.





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