![]() ![]() Organized by the Rochester Memorial Art Gallery with the generous support of the Art Gallery of Ontario. Wood, metal, glass mirrors, LED lighting system, monofilament, stainless steel balls, and carpet, Installed: 312.4 × 624.8 × 622.9 cm (123 × 246 × 245 1/4 in.). INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017. The presentation is also made possible by the Robert L. This installation is supported by a grant awarded to Memorial Art Gallery by Empire State Development and I LOVE NY/New York State’s Division of Tourism through the Regional Economic Development Council initiative. Funding is also provided by Kristin Vanden Brul, Barbara Frank, and James and Marguerite Quinn. and Geraldine Biddle Moore, Barbara and George Segel, and an anonymous donor. In Rochester, the presentation is sponsored by Todd Bennett Levin, the Rubens Family Foundation, and an anonymous donor, with additional support from Heidi Friederich, the Gouvernet Arts Fund at the Rochester Area Community Foundation, James C. Recent exhibitions include Yayoi Kusama: 1945 to Now at M+, Hong Kong November 12, 2022–Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms at Tate Modern, London, UK May 18, 2021– ApOne with Eternity: Yayoi Kusama in the Hirshhorn Collection, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC Ap– July 16, 2023. In 2016, Kusama received the Order of Culture, one of the highest honors bestowed by the Imperial Family of Japan. Kusama is the first woman to be honored with the prestigious medal for drawings and sculptures. Over the past decade, there have been museum exhibitions of Kusama’s work in North America, Japan, Korea, Singapore, China, Australia, Russia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Chile, Spain, England, France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Taiwan, Indonesia, Germany, and Israel. In 1957, she went to the United States and began making net paintings and soft sculptures, as well as organizing happenings and developing installations that made use of mirrors and lights, establishing herself as an avant-garde artist. Kusama discovered an artistic philosophy of self-obliteration via the obsessive repetition and multiplication of single motifs, which has informed her work throughout her career. Yayoi Kusama represented Japan at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993 and lives and works in Tokyo, where the Yayoi Kusama Museum opened in October 2017. ![]() From a young age, Yayoi Kusama experienced visual and auditory hallucinations and began creating net and polka-dot pattern pictures. Yayoi Kusama Biographyīorn in 1929 in Matsumoto City, Nagano, Prefecture, Japan. Details on how to make your reservations are coming soon, but if you want to guarantee a reservation, become a member today! Visit for details. MAG invites you to come and behold the boundless imagination of Yayoi Kusama. The work captivates them with mirrored spheres suspended from the ceiling and arranged on the floor. Building on her frequent themes of repetition and obliteration, Kusama’s work invites visitors into a seemingly infinite field of silver orbs. ![]() INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017, is an environment unto itself-visitors will not “view” it but rather “experience” it. On loan from the Art Gallery of Ontario, one of her iconic immersive installations, INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM – LET’S SURVIVE FOREVER, 2017, will be presented to the Rochester community from September 14, 2023–May 5, 2024. Globally celebrated artist, Yayoi Kusama, will be featured at the Memorial Art Gallery beginning in September. Courtesy of the artist, David Zwirner, Ota Fine Arts, and Victoria Miro. ![]()
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