Yayoi Kusama - Infinity Room Exhibition
While we were in Seattle, we found out that Yayoi Kusama's exhibition was taking residence at the Seattle Art Museum so we NEEDED to go. The exhibition itself was very popular, as I found myself leaving my hotel room at 7:30am to walk to the museum. By the time I arrived, there were 28 people ahead of me. When the museum opened 2 hours later, there were easily 250-300 people behind me. Thankfully we had the hindsight to arrive early and experience the infinity rooms at the museum's opening hours, as we were able to immerse ourselves in the rooms multiple times. An hour into the exhibit the crowds started to pile into the exhibit and lines for the infinity rooms became much longer.
About the artist herself, please feel free to do a google search for Yayoi Kusama and watch her interviews as the way she explains her art is amazing. She has an obsession with polka dots and the concept of infinity, so much so that she regularly sees polka dots in everyday objects such as the whimsical pumpkin. Expanding on that, she also sees the universe as a collection of polka dots. The sun is a polka dot, the moon is a polka dot, the earth we stand on is a polka dot. The infinity rooms are a reflection of how she sees the universe, so by stepping into an infinity room you are essentially stepping into her mind.
Most of my time there was spent making this video, so I apologize for not having too many photos....with that said, this is something you are definitely going to want to experience in real life, instead of on a computer screen.
ALSO! This exhibition will be at The Broad in Los Angeles October 2017 - January 2018!
