Yayoi Kusama's The Obliteration Room Opens at Tate Modern
Yayoi Kusama's participatory installation The Obliteration Room will debut at the Tate Modern's Turbine Hall in London on July 23, 2022. Previously presented at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia, the project invites visitors to transform a white, minimalist apartment by applying multicolored circular stickers to furniture, walls, and objects. The work embodies Kusama's signature obsession with polka dots and repetition, turning the space into a collaborative, immersive environment. The exhibition runs until August 29, 2022.
Key facts
- The Obliteration Room by Yayoi Kusama opens at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall on July 23, 2022.
- The installation was previously shown at the Queensland Art Gallery in Brisbane, Australia.
- Visitors apply multicolored circular stickers to a white, minimalist apartment.
- The project explores themes of play, repetition, and collective creativity.
- The exhibition runs until August 29, 2022.
- Stickers are distributed free of charge to participants.
- The work transforms the space into a 'three-dimensional canvas'.
- Kusama is known for her use of polka dots and repetitive patterns.
Entities
Artists
- Yayoi Kusama
Institutions
- Tate Modern
- Queensland Art Gallery
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Brisbane
- Australia
- Matsumoto
- Japan