Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Room Draws Two-Hour Lines at David Zwirner New York
Yayoi Kusama's exhibition 'Every day I pray for love' at David Zwirner Gallery in Chelsea, New York, has drawn massive crowds, with visitors waiting up to two hours for a 60-second immersive experience in the Infinity Mirror Room 'DANCING LIGHTS TO FLOW TO THE UNIVERSE, 2019.' The show, on view until December 14, 2019, also features new paintings from the 'My Eternal Soul' series and nearly one hundred stainless steel sculptures arranged on the floor. The gallery uses a real-time Twitter feed to manage the extraordinary visitor flow. The exhibition is accompanied by a catalog published by David Zwirner Books, including texts and poems by the artist, many previously unpublished. Kusama's work, rooted in 1960s pop and minimalism, employs repetitive elements like dots to evoke microscopic and macroscopic universes, resonating strongly in the age of selfies and Instagrammable experiences.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Every day I pray for love' by Yayoi Kusama at David Zwirner Gallery, 537 West 20th Street, New York.
- Visitors wait up to two hours for a 60-second experience in the Infinity Mirror Room.
- The Infinity Mirror Room is titled 'INFINITY MIRRORED ROOM. DANCING LIGHTS TO FLOW TO THE UNIVERSE, 2019.'
- The show includes new paintings from the 'My Eternal Soul' series and nearly 100 stainless steel sculptures.
- David Zwirner Gallery uses a real-time Twitter feed to manage visitor flow.
- The exhibition runs until December 14, 2019.
- A catalog is published by David Zwirner Books with texts and poems by Kusama, many previously unpublished.
- Kusama's work is characterized by repetitive elements like dots, evoking microscopic and macroscopic universes.
Entities
Artists
- Yayoi Kusama
Institutions
- David Zwirner Gallery
- David Zwirner Books
Locations
- New York
- Chelsea
- 537 West 20th Street
- United States