Invisible Spaces

Artist Research: Yayoi Kusama

I saw her work and was immediately captured by her bold colours and playful pieces and and so looked further into what she did.

she originally learned classical Japanese style art at the Kyoto's school of Arts and Crafts when she moved to New York to pursue more contemporary art.

I think Kusuma's really cool. I don't know many female artists and so that makes her even cooler and inspiring to me.

Some of her pieces that I have found that are similar to my vision have been collected in the 4 photos below. Top left is an installation piece called 'LOVE IS CALLING' fist premiering in Japan, 2013. Top right is Kusum's first Infinity Mirror Room (Phalli's Field), 1965. Bottom left

For my piece I would like to make an installation on the themes of dreams and nightmares. I want the viewer to feel transported and wonder in their daydreams as they visit. Deciding where to go with this I thought that the story and world of Lewis Caroll's Alice in Wonderland fitted the feeling of transportation I was aiming for. It turns out Yayoi was also inspired by Alice when she went through the looking glass. I;ve not read the books but I've watched Tim Burton's 2010 version and Andrea Bresciani and Richard Slapczynski's Alice Through the ooking Glass (1987).