As I’ve discovered she is an one of the world’s most important and recognised artists.
The NGV exhibition has her work across the artist's close to nine decades of work from a diverse range of media. While I’d seen a few of works (the dots are everywhere) I had no idea of the breath and consistency of her work. She is an art icon, being named in 2016 Time magazine’s list of the 100 Most Influential People.
Let's start with the Dancing Pumpkin, an ambitious 5 meters tall bronze artwork. Painted yellow and black polka dots with eleven tentacle like legs, some grounded and some suspended in mid air. A re-occuring image in her work as commentators have noted represents myriad of ideas, from the sun and moon to the vibrating atoms and cells in all living things, making links to her fascination with lifecycle, the universe and intercontentedness. (Coral Guan NGV Magazine Issue 50)
Dark mirrored spaces filled with a chandelier suspended inside a glass prism.
The Infinity Mirror Rooms allow visitors to to be immersed in dark mirrored clad rooms that reflect
and repeat. The result is a seemingly endless room.
The rooms filled with dots are other worldly.
Repetitive movement across the canvas.
The last word is from Yayoi :
