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Infinity Mirrored Room series

Yayoi Kusama

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Yayoi Kusama
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Movement
Contemporary Art, Immersive Installations
Medium
Installation
Genre
Conceptual

About the Artwork

Infinity Mirrored Room — stepping inside infinity

Yayoi Kusama's 'Infinity Mirror Room' series, begun in 1965, are immersive installations that utilize infinity mirrors to generate a captivating illusion of endless space. Her first such work, 'Infinity Mirror Room - Phalli's Field,' launched this iconic exploration. Over two dozen unique variations have since been created, each offering a different perspective on the infinite. These rooms, now a viral sensation thanks to social media, delve into themes of infinity, self-obliteration, and the cosmic endlessness of existence. The Yayoi Kusama Museum in Tokyo proudly houses a permanent Infinity Mirror Room.

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Kusama began creating these environments in the 1960s, inspired by her own hallucinations. As a child, she experienced patterns repeating infinitely (dots, nets, lights), and instead of escaping them, she transformed them into art.

The Infinity Rooms are, quite literally, an invitation to step inside her mind.

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