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Infinity nets 2000

Artwork Infinity nets this artwork made of Synthetic polymer paint on canvas, created in 2000-01-01
Accession No.
2001.063
Date Created
2000
Gallery location
Not on public display
Department
Contemporary Asian Art
Dimensions A
162 x 130cm
Media Category
Painting
Secondary Media Category
synthetic polymer paint
Medium
Synthetic polymer paint on canvas
Place Created
Tokyo
Credit Line
The Kenneth and Yasuko Myer Collection of Contemporary Asian Art.
Purchased 2001 with funds from The Myer Foundation, a project of the Sidney Myer Centenary Celebration 1899-1999, through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation

Yayoi Kusama first began to paint ‘Infinity nets’ after watching waves ripple below her while on a flight from Japan to the United States. Infinity nets evokes many fluid forms: foam on a wave, soap bubbles, or the ebb and flow of a river. The painting comprises tiny crescent shapes repeated in ever-expanding arches. Kusama’s gestures build up into a network of interlocking forms; at some points the paint is thick and sculptural, while at others it is fine and translucent. Like cells nested together, competing for space, the circles appear to vibrate and undulate across the canvas.​

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A detail view of a painting of many tiny crescents on a cream background, appearing to represent foam, water or cells.
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A photograph of a pale-coloured painting installed on a blue wall in a gallery space
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A detail view of a painting of many tiny crescents on a cream background, appearing to represent foam, water or cells.
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Yayoi Kusama's infinities

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A detail view of a painting of many tiny crescents on a cream background, appearing to represent foam, water or cells.
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