We love artistic inspiration! This month’s art spotlight falls on Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama. The Atlanta High Museum of Art is presenting her exhibit Infinity Mirrors for the remainder of this month through February 17th. She is one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century and her exhibit is full of outstanding installation art. This exhibition is the most comprehensive to visit North America in over twenty years.
This room is titled All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins, and is actually featuring kabocha squash which is a popular ingredient in Japanese cooking.
As interior designers, spacial interaction and a relationship with the built environment are very important to the ambiance of a space. Installation art is the term used to describe artwork located in three-dimensional interior space as the word "install" means putting something inside of something else. Often site-specific, installation art is designed to have a specific relationship with the spacial environment whether temporary or permanent, architectural or conceptual, or social level. It also generates intimacy between itself and the viewer as it exists not as a precious object to be looked at but as a presence within the overall context of its container whether that be a building, museum, or designated room.
This is the Infinity Mirrored Room- The Souls Of Millions Of Lightyears Away.
“One day, after gazing at a pattern of red flowers on the tablecloth, I looked up to see that the ceiling, the windows, and the columns seemed to be plastered with the same red floral pattern. I saw the entire room, my entire body, and the entire universe covered with red flowers, and in that instant my soul was obliterated and I was restored, returned to infinity, to eternal time and absolute space.” –Yayoi Kusama
This is The Obliteration Room.
Artworks are meant to evoke a mood or a feeling, and request a commitment from the viewer. The ideas behind a piece of installation art, and the responses it elicits, tend to be more important than the quality of its medium. Artists like Yayoi Kusama use this genre for its potential to transform the art world by surprising audiences and engaging viewers in new ways. Don't forget to check out this exhibit!
This room is titled Dots Obsession- Love Transformed Into Dots.
