Their monstrous scale suggests an affinity towards romanticism as much as a warning. They visually overtake the senses as Kusama packs the expanse of a flower field into the physicality of these three totemic monuments-three flowers for all flowers. Kusama’s colors often clash in their unusual and provocative combinations, and here the colors incarnate the sky, leaves, petals, bees, and their bent forms remind one of the aftermath of a cool breeze. One flower opposes petals of yellow and black, another red and white, and a third, pink and white. Together, they showcase the artist’s signature motifs and evoke the aesthetics of psychedelics.Īn installation view of Yayoi’s monstrous blossoms ‘I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers’. These emerge out of the concrete floor in twisted shapes, saturated in hue and covered with variously sized polychromatic polka dots and net line work. Occupying several spaces in the Chelsea art gallery, the exhibition greets viewers with the three monumental flower sculptures that lend their names to the title of Kusama’s show.
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