The Obliteration Room Yayoi Kusama

The obliteration room 2011 revisits the popular interactive children s project developed by yayoi kusama for the queensland art gallery s apt 2002.

The obliteration room yayoi kusama.

Beginning as a stark white interior it encourages you to transform the space of our creative learning centre by saturating it with a rainbow of brightly coloured dots. 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. In this reworked and enlarged installation an australian domestic environment is recreated in the gallery space complete with locally sourced furniture and ornamentation all of which has been painted completely white. The obliteration room 2002 present sponsored by santos glng and supported by ikea logan is an interactive work initially developed by senior japanese artist yayoi kusama in collaboration with the queensland art gallery as a children s project for apt2002.

A particular piece was the obliteration room 2002 present that has more than what its looks convey. Asia pacific triennial of contemporary art. 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. Reworked and enlarged in 2011 for the gallery s yayoi kusama.

The obliteration room new york s david zwirner art gallery was recently host to the give me love installation a collection by japanese artist yayoi kusama. For kusama obliteration is a reflection on the experience of death and the potential of the afterlife. The 2017 installation coincides with the yayoi kusama. The japanese artist yayoi kusama transformed a completely white room including furniture into a spectacle featuring her signature dots helped by children who visited the exhibition over two.

The obliteration room revisits the popular interactive children s project developed by yayoi kusama for the queensland art gallery s fourth asia pacific triennial of contemporary art in 2002. Look now see forever exhibition at goma the work became a social media phenomenon when images of the progressive. In infinity mirrored room aftermath of obliteration of eternity golden lanterns flicker creating a shimmering pattern of light that contrasts with the seemingly endless void of the mirrored black space.