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A cultural weekend part 1: I Love Kusama

I had a full weekend scheduled and it just so happened that this weekend was all about culture.

On Saturday, I went to see the Kusama Art Exhibit (Form the private collection of Lito and Kim Camacho). I was so excited when I passed by Ayala Museum before it officially opened in July but haven't had the time to visit it until the second to the last day of the exhibit.

A brief background:
Yayoi Kusama was born in Japan, 1929, is one of the leading and most influential figures of the avant-garde scene and is credited to be an important precursor of various art movements which took shape between the 1950s and 60s, namely Minimalism, Feminism and Pop Art. In fact, Kusama was A precursor of the pop artminimalist and feminist art movements, Kusama influenced contemporaries such as Andy Warhol and Claes Oldenburg and remains active and relevant at 84. 

 In 2011, Kusama also worked with fashion designer Marc Jacobs for a line of whimsical products and corresponding window displays for Louis Vuitton.

At present, because of her hallucinations, Kusama is voluntarily staying at the Seiwa Hospital for the Mentally Ill.

I love Kusama because of her whimsical take on mundane things. Her use of psychedelic colors and the fact the she was unafraid to defy the norms.

Unfortunately, they art exhibit did not permit us to take pictures so I just took a photo of the elevator poster and name display.


My favorite amongst the collection would probably be the Statue of Venus obliterated by infinity nets No. 2.

But my favorite Kusama art installation would probably be "The Obliteration Room" installed in the Queensland Gallery of  Modern Art. 

From a pristine typical Australian home, with the help of children and thousands of colored stickers... the results were incredible.









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