The Obliteration Room Auckland

Originally developed by yayoi kusama for the queensland art gallery s apt 2002.

The obliteration room auckland.

More than 130 000 visitors have applied over 2 6 million dots in the room since last december. The story behind it is that as a young girl the artist started seeing the world through a screen of dots which covered everything she looked at. 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. 1929 matsumoto japan a stark white room depicting items typically found in a new zealand is the canvas for this interactive experience.

An artistic concept by japanese artist yayoi kusama presented at the auckland art gallery until the 2nd of april 2018. Asia pacific triennial of contemporary art the obliteration room has toured to london buenos aires rio de janiero brasilia sao paulo mexico city shanghai south korea. Each person is handed a sheet of stickers alls dots. With the familiar characteristics of a typical aotearoa new zealand home the obliteration room at auckland art gallery encourages visitors especially children to experience and engage with the artwork with little or no prompting.

Once the exhibition closes on april 2 the dots will be scraped off and recycled. 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. Avant garde artist yayoi kusama s the obliteration room has one more week left at auckland art gallery. Courtesy of auckland art gallery 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.