Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist renowned for her immersive mirror rooms and polka dots, dies at 97
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sigh it's not a good week for the arts, is it?
le sigh
Greatness is leaving the world in droves this week.
I would assume that she wasn't making new mirror rooms at 97.
It was just announced this week but she died 2 weeks ago on the 14th
Oh man thats sad. I've been in one of her mirror rooms and they're really trippy.
So trippy. I had dropped a gummy and stumbled into her "Gleaming Lights of the Souls" while visiting the Louisiana Art Museum in Denmark. I was the only person in there. It felt like a dream, almost a nightmare. Kind of haunting, but in a good way.
Always loved her infinity installations
She self-described herself as suuuper racist throughout her life. The kind of racist you pick up by being near americans and american propaganda. She apologized in 2023 for the pain her views caused FWIW
Now I wonder what it would be like to go inside of a mirrored sphere wearing a glow in the dark jumpsuit...