The Mood Room · Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Yayoi Kusama
A Life Immersed in Dots and Infinity Yayoi Kusama, born in Matsumoto, Japan, in 1929, is more than just an artist; she’s a visionary who has reshaped the landscape of contemporary art. Her journey, deeply intertwined with personal experience and psychological exploration, has resulted in a body of work that transcends categorization, encompassing sculpture, installation, painting, performance, film, fashion, poetry, and fiction. Kusama
's name is synonymous with polka dots and immersive environments—a universe born from both trauma and transcendent beauty. Her childhood was marked by a complex interplay of privilege and distress within her family’s plant nursery business. This early environment, coupled with a troubled relationship with her parents – particularly the emotional distance from her father and the critical nature of her mother – profoundly impacted her ps…
Set the room's
mood
— the light follows
Now showing —
All
· —
works lit