Tuesday 22 September 2015

Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Mirrored Room

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Mirrored Room The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away," is photographed at the Broad Museum, Los Angeless newest contemporary art museum, in Los Angeles, California



“Mirrored Room” offers a little something for everyone. It is a reflection on death and the afterlife. It is a planetarium contained in a room the size of a large walk-in closet. Cosmic and intimate at the same time, it merges inner and outer space, science and mysticism, the personal and the impersonal.

It also makes for the ultimate selfie. One click and there you are, floating in the universe, or rather, multiple yous, replicated over and over.

Ms. Kusama, the Japanese artist, now in her 80s, has stimulated a very contemporary set of nerve endings. Her recent work dovetails with a surge in artwork designed to propel viewers into an out-of-body experience.