Soul under the moon 2002

KUSAMA, Yayoi - Creator

Artwork Soul under the moon this artwork made of Mirrors, ultra violet lights, water, plastic, nylon thread, timber, synthetic polymer paint, created in 2002-01-01

A visitor is seen inside an art installation called an 'inifinity room', which uses light and mirrors to appear to stretch on forever.

Accession No.: 2002.143a-y
Date Created: 2002
Gallery location: Not on public display
Department: Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A: 340 x 712.1 x 600cm (installed)
Media Category: Installation
Medium: Mirrors, ultra violet lights, water, plastic, nylon thread, timber, synthetic polymer paint
Place Created: Brisbane
Credit Line: The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art.
Purchased 2002 with funds from Michael Sidney Myer and The Myer Foundation, a project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899-1999, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation and The Yayoi Kusama Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Appeal

Yayoi Kusama is one of the most significant contemporary artists to emerge from Japan. Kusama’s art triggers visual experiences that metaphorically communicate the hallucinations — often a veil of dots — she has endured since she was a child. This vibrant iconography, often transposed as nets or auras, dominates her practice.

Soul under the moon 2002 was specifically conceived for ‘APT 2002: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art’, and continues her series of ‘Mirror/Infinity’ rooms, produced since 1963.

In this complex installation, a purpose-built room lined with mirrored glass contains scores of neon coloured balls, hanging at various heights above the viewer. Standing inside on a small platform, light is infinitely refracted off the mirrored surfaces to create the illusion of a never-ending space.

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