The inimitable Yayoi Kusama is back with a new exhibition, Give Me Love
Yayoi Kusama is one of few artists who is seems to be without comparison. Her new exhibition, Give Me Love takes place at New York’s David Zwirner gallery, and features a collection of her enormous brightly coloured canvases. Their sunny dispositions are undercut with titles which reveal a more disquieting undertone for example I Who Cry in the Flowering Season, or I Am Dying Now There the Death Is. In another room a series of her bulging Pumpkin sculptures, reminiscent of decaying fruit in spite of their metallic sheen and polka dot finish, reinforces the juxtaposition of the joyous and the sinister.
Also included in the show is a piece called The Obliteration Room – an interactive installation begun in 2002 which asks visitors to enter a model kitchen in which every single surface is painted white, armed with a sticker sheet of coloured dots, and to stick these wherever they please. It’s a fascinating idea, and one which puts Yayoi’s signature polka dots to a new purpose.
Give Me Love is at the David Zwirner Gallery New York until 1 June.
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