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This December, in a surprisingly simple yet ridiculously amazing installation for the Queensland Gallery of Modern Ar, artist Yayoi Kusama constructed a large domestic environment, painting every wall, chair, table, piano, and household decoration a brilliant white, effectively serving as a giant white canvas. Over the course of two weeks, the museums smallest visitors were given thousands upon thousands of colored dot stickers and were invited to collaborate in the transformation of the space, turning the house into a vibrantly mottled explosion of color. How great is this? Given the opportunity my son could probably cover the entire piano alone in about fifteen minutes. The installation, entitled The Obliteration Room, is part of Kusamas Look Now, See Forever exhibition that runs through March 12.
http://blog.qag.qld.gov.au/before-the-first-dot-yayoi-kusama%E2%80%99s-%E2%80%98the-obliteration-room%E2%80%99-2011/
http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/01/yayoi-kusama-obiliteration-room/?src=footer
More pics at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_addelsee/6643534481/in/photostream/
And: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_addelsee/6643532207/in/photostream/
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)AtomicKitten
(46,585 posts)k&r
AllyCat
(16,177 posts)They see the world in a completely wonderful way (most of the time).
tridim
(45,358 posts)But still, wow!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)So... they get all of the kids to work for free, and clean up on royalties and museum admissions, eh?
Big Art strikes again!
progressoid
(49,978 posts)I wonder who gets the honor of cleaning up after the show ends?
MineralMan
(146,286 posts)over for a party. I didn't say what the party was about. I had just acquired a used Volkswagen bus. I gathered together a lot of paint and a lot of brushes of all sizes and put it all on a table near the bus. I had food and drink available, and folks brought their own favorite euphoric herbs. When everyone went home, the bus was completely covered with artwork. It wasn't really a hippy bus, but something else altogether. I drove it for about a year, then passed it on to someone else for about what I paid for it.
When you just let people do whatever they want, things happen. Since kids are naturally stoned, wonderful things happen.
GoCubsGo
(32,079 posts)Especially the intermediate stages, where you could see faces and swirls and question marks...
orpupilofnature57
(15,472 posts)Liberal_in_LA
(44,397 posts)thanks for posting this.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)I see spots ...
TlalocW
(15,380 posts)But is it art?
TlalocW
surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... I wouldn't expect the piano to still be playable. Surely the children would have encrusted the keys together with those stickers.
Fool Count
(1,230 posts)There were several different sizes of stickers and the small ones fit on one key without
linking them together.
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)stevedeshazer
(21,653 posts)I love it.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)representation of the "germs" one can not see in a room inhabited by children.
kickysnana
(3,908 posts)Since they cocoon kids from birth how did they handle the liability?
Before I scrolled down I expected the result I saw in a newspaper cartoon where the kids decorate the Christmas tree but only they can only to the bottom three feet so the top is bare.
Louisiana1976
(3,962 posts)applegrove
(118,622 posts)Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Never underestimate what kids can do when given a chance.....
FailureToCommunicate
(14,012 posts)(Just my impression)
progressoid
(49,978 posts)badgerpup
(4,837 posts)...but the next two look like Happiness exploded at its own birthday party.
Just a bit..."busy", IMVHO....some of the kids had done figures (I saw a "Hello Kitty" and something fly-diving) and they're totally lost.
It's amazing how depthless the pristine white is...almost no shadows.
Did anybody besides me want to just stare at it and feel your eyes and brain relax?
hootinholler
(26,449 posts)What beautifully camouflaged contents of those rooms. Much more effective that everything the same color.
I can see a sticker covered kid jumping out at people.
ETA: what a wonderfully fun space this is!
Bennyboy
(10,440 posts)Really a good thing....