Fun Fact
Endless LED lights: Hanging hundreds of color-changing LEDs inside Kusama's infinity mirror rooms reflects endlessly, mimicking a sparkling, outer-space galaxy that you can walk right through!
Chapter 1
Escape from Matsumoto to Manhattan
Chapter 2
The wild happenings of the sixties
Chapter 3
Inside the infinity mirror rooms
Chapter 4
The triumph of the pumpkin
YOUR GOAL
Master of The art of Yayoi Kusama
Ch 3 · Inside the infinity mirror rooms
choko Peer through tiny windows to see how flashing lights create endless, colorful reflections.
diego Kusama's art aims to dissolve the individual viewer into the vastness of the universe.
BETA
diego Place mirrors and polka dots to discover how Yayoi Kusama creates her infinite spaces.
Fun Fact
First mirror room: Yayoi Kusama created her first Infinity Mirror Room in 1965 to save time and energy from manually painting endless repeating patterns.
Glossary
self-obliteration (noun)
The act of making oneself inconspicuous or erasing one's own identity. Kusama first explored this concept in New York in 1965 with her debut mirrored chamber, Phalli's Field.
The act of making oneself inconspicuous or erasing one's own identity. Kusama first explored this concept in New York in 1965 with her debut mirrored chamber, Phalli's Field.
Quiz
What color polka dots are featured on the white stuffed shapes in Yayoi Kusama's 'Phalli's Field'?
diego Her groundbreaking 1965 installation combined soft sculptures with infinite reflection.
Quiz
How long are visitors typically allowed inside a modern Kusama Infinity Mirror Room due to long lines?
Quiz
What philosophical concept does Yayoi Kusama use to describe dissolving the ego into the universe?
Quiz
What everyday object did Yayoi Kusama line the walls with to create her endless rooms?