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| 'Captures the ever changing motions of life' |
Yayoi Kusama has never been big over here in the UK and so prior to this retrospective I had little knowledge of Kusama or her work, except that she like dots. Unlike the Damien Hirst retrospective down the escalator, this retrospective supplies the public with a huge span of Kusama's career that is both insightful and touching as we can see her work becoming more and more intense as her psychological condition deepens through the years.
To start, we are greeted with her most early works on paper which are simple yet stunning. Some of these works are dark and mysterious whilst others are bright and intense. As the retrospective continues we see the paper turn to canvas and the work become bigger and bigger, whilst still retaining the beautiful colours and avant-garde style.
Kusama, as well as working with paint and canvas, also deals with installations and sculptures which provide some breathtaking moments. The first of which is Aggregation: One Thousand Boats Show which shows us her fear of sex and the male penis; it makes for an emotional instillation. The final room in this brilliant, if not wacky, retrospective of Yayoi Kusama's career is Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled with the Brilliance of Life (specially made for this exhibition) which sums up the whole visual journey this exhibition provides you with. Once you leave this room, and indeed the exhibition, space never really looks the same as what you have just witnessed is an instillation which captures the ever changing motions of life. I'm Here, But Nothing is another example of this artist's brilliance.
The Yayoi Kusama retrospective is well worth a visit and proves Kusama is an artist of outstanding quality who blends emotional clarity with the abstract almost seamlessly.
'Yayoi Kusama' in on at the Tate Modern until 5th June 2012
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