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VA - Three artist and historical link
Yayoi Kusama
Explores themes of mental health and her personal experiences with hallucinations and inner struggles
Known for her immersive, large scale installations and repetitive patterns like polka dots
oversized artworks with its provocative themes can find a historical connection with the artworks of Georgia O’Keeffe.
Japanese artist
Georgia O’Keeffe's bold, self-expression and vivid representation of nature challenged audiences.
both female artists deeply focus on personal experiences, hallucinations and obsessions for Kusama, and introspection and solitude for Georgia O'Keeffe
Infinity Mirror Rooms
immersive art form
materials such as mirrors, lights and space to surround the viewers in reflections. The mirrors are placed all around in an enclosed room, with LED lights hung from the ceiling, making it look and feel like a universe.
Kusama encourages the audience to experience themes of mental health and repetition.
Kusama and another Japanese artist, Ruth Asawa have influenced other women installation artists to challenge male-dominated areas of art and influence. One such artist is Janet Echelman
Janet Echelman
uses technology, urban spaces and soft materials to create large, yet lightweight ephemeral installations
Ruth Asawa:
Her work carries forward Ruth Asawa’s ethos and through this, Echelman creates sculptures made with materials like nets and fibres.
Similar to Echelman, Ruth Asawa’s use of lightweight woven wire to create sculptures help to transform public and outdoor spaces
Ernesto Neto:
Another influential artist is Ernesto Neto. He creates tactile, sensory and interactive installations made from nets and yarn. One of his installations “Nosso Barco Tambor Terra” is a great example to show his use of large spaces to create these installations using organic materials and allowing the viewers to observe it from various angles.
American Contemporary Installation Artist
"Earthtime 1.8"
one of her installations displaying outdoor, public spaces.
The name “Earthtime 1.8” refers to the shortening of the Earth’s days by 1.8 microseconds due to the Japan earthquake in 2011
Her installation brings awareness to the environmental issues and encourages the viewers to take action and help the environment rather than harm it.
This sculpture shifts in the wind depending on weather changes and lights up at night making it luminous and awe-inspiring
Jaume Plensa
Spanish artist who is best known for his large scale installations.
Similar to Echelman, he displays his installations in outdoor spaces for the public to admire and be inspired by
He uses materials such as stainless steel mesh to create large scale hollow human heads and silent gestures.
Additionally, the silent gestures evokes peacefulness and tranquility
Antoni Tapies:
His work finds a close connection to another Catalanian artist, Antoni Tapies. Similar to Plensa, his artworks explore themes of spirituality, human existence and so on. Ultimately, both artists use simplicity to evoke emotional responses in their audiences.
Laura and Rui Rui
One of his installations “Laura and Rui Rui” from his Mirall series serves as a great example to show his use of material and space.
His use of mesh allows light and air to pass through, making it feel like the sculpture is breathing. His use of space allows the viewers to walk around the installations and view it from different angles, making it very interactive.