Kusama Obliteration Room

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

Kusama obliteration room.

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 japanese artist yayoi kusama was an influential figure in the postwar new york art scene staging provocative happenings and exhibiting works such as her infinity nets hallucinatory paintings of loops and dots and physical representations of the idea of infinity. New york s david zwirner art gallery was recently host to the give me love installation a collection by japanese artist yayoi kusama a particular piece was the obliteration room 2002 present that has more than what its looks convey. Step inside the dotty world of the obliteration room by yayoi kusama at the gallery of modern art brisbane.

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. Asia pacific triennial of contemporary art. 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. Looking like a typical american house in the exterior with generic furniture and fittings in the interior it captures the visitor with a.

Yayoi kusama s interactive obliteration room begins as a white space which visitors are invited to cover with stickers.