Last Friday afternoon, Mente participants gathered outside the MALBA (Figueroa Alcorta 3415) together, excited to see arguably one of the greatest exhibits that Buenos Aires has received in years. Yayoi Kusama’s Obsesión Infinita displays over 100 of her works created between 1950 and 2013. This exhibit comprehensively presents paintings, works on paper, sculptures, videos, slideshows, and a mirror room. Even the trees outside of the MALBA were decorated with Kusama’s patterns. Obsesión Infinita, curated by Philip Larratt-Smith and Frances Morris, expresses autobiographical, and more specifically physocological notions.
Kusama was born in Matsumoto, Japan in 1929. She moved to New York in 1957, where she became one of the most famous artists from New York’s Avant-Garde movement during this time. In 1973, Kusama returned to Japan and in 1977, she checked herself into a psychiatric clinic where she has lived and worked since. Her works p0rtray her obsessive behavior, which seems to be a part of her ingenuity. Kusama’s pieces pose themes of infinite patterns and lights, endless color and trace expressionist, surrealist, and pop art influences. This fascinating and not to be missed exhibit will be at the MALBA until the 16th of September. A great time was had by all and some participants were even inspired to start art classes!
