Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years

Went to see Yayoi Kusama: Mirrored Years at the City Gallery, and came away appreciating it as the most child-thrilling art I’ve been to in the last nearly 3 years. Starting from the gallery being covered in guant multi-coloured spots (which led to quoting of Put Me In The Zoo) through to the Narcissus Garden full of mirror spheres, the firefly exhibit of mirrors, water, and handing lights, and the favourite of the trip, the mini-maze of convex mirrors which lead to a yellow room with black polka dots and inflatable sculpture at one end, and a black room with yellow polka dots at the other end, it was a smash hit.

The only bummer was that photography was, as typical for exhibits, verboten, which means I wasn’t able to get photos of Ada’s near-unrestrained joy as she trotted from inflatable sculpture to inflatable sculpture in the polka dot rooms.