Video: And again the peas! Installation The Obliteration Room by Yayoi Kusama
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, whom we know as a fan of polka-dot decor, presented to the public another shocking art project on a favorite theme. True, this time the artist acted only as the author of the idea, while its implementation entirely fell on the fragile shoulders of the children who came to the exhibition with their parents. Thousands of babies received thousands of colorful stickers, and turned the pristine white room … into Obliteration room, - this is the name of the installation by Yayoi Kusama. Having handed each child a pack of stickers in the form of bright polka dots, Yayoi Kusama let the performance take its course. And for several weeks in December in the Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, one could observe how a huge room with white walls, furnished with white modern furniture, white decor items and a white piano, turns into a motley multi-colored something. Taking this opportunity, parents brought their children from the age of two to the exhibition, and left them to frolic there, while instilling in them a love of contemporary art in general, and shocking installations in particular.
And really, which of the kids would refuse to misbehave under the supervision of adults, knowing that they will not only not be punished, but also praised for such antics? So, it turned out that a three-year-old baby can single-handedly glue over a piano with multi-colored peas, and to decorate a couch or an armchair with an abstract ornament, he will need even less time - seven to eight minutes. It is hard to imagine how many multi-colored peas were needed to turn a white room into a colorful room in which the eyes run up from the abundance of flowers. And it is just as difficult to imagine how many happy kids went home after participating in the implementation of The Obliteration Room project by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama.
The Obliteration Room installation is part of a large-scale art project by Yayoi Kusama, which is called Look Now, See Forever … He can be seen there, at the Brisbane Gallery, until mid-March 2012.
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