Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Yayoi Kusama Exhibition at National Gallery of Victoria for Treasure Tuesday

 





















The exhibition of Yayoi Kusama was truly a sight to behold. Joel and I ventured there, as we were unable to journey to the coast due to a dinner engagement elsewhere. The exhibition was most enlightening. Yayoi referred to herself as the high priestess of Polka Dots, though Joel was of a different opinion. He posited that she should be termed the high priestess of Dildos, for nearly every second piece exhibited phallic structures projecting from all directions. Subsequently, I perused discussions of sexual liberation in 1970s New York, where the artist presented her work in Central Park. It then became clear. My apologies for the plethora of photographs here; I thought it prudent to keep them together for ease of reference.


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59 comments:

  1. Wow, stunning photos. This exhibit is other worldly resulting in great photos.

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  2. Amazing exhibition. The photos are incredible. The moles are very Andalusian.

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  3. Wow, that must be one rather "overwhelming" exhibition!

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    1. There was a video of her singing a song out of tune. It was so weird

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  4. Una exposición muy psicodélica y llena de imaginación. Buen reportaje.
    Un abrazo.

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  5. Simply impressive! How many photographers have enjoyed these surprising effects!

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  6. Si que es original la obra de este artista.

    Saludos.

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  7. Excelente exposición y como tu dices un espectáculo para la vista.

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  8. These are amazing!!! Each one is like visiting another world. She is very talented.

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    1. She is literally an untreated schizophrenic though. These were her visions

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  9. That must have been an amazing exhibit to behold, one I would have enjoyed seeing. Great photos!

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    1. It was to my surprise that there were so many things to photograph

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  10. What a stunning exhibition. Thanks so much for sharing it with us.

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    1. It was an unexpected surprise to see so much worthy of photographing. Our aim was to get the desert from Che afterwards which we did.

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  11. Don't apologise for the amount of photographs, I enjoyed them :)
    A wonderful exhibition.

    All the best Jan

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  12. Just fabulous and beautiful photos of it as well.

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  13. Well, whatever they are about they look good. I'm thinking of going myself.
    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  14. Wow! Just wow! The artist must be amazing--- or has found some amazing herbs to ingest.

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  15. I enjoyed her wonderful works. Thank you for sharing them.

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  16. Oooh how I would like to see that exhibition. I love her and her work. Unfortunately, it's not exactly close

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  17. No dildos that I can see. And I do particularly like the orange and black in Photos #1 and 5.

    I am so sorry to self-advertise, but my latest post is called "Migrants welcome to Australia - Bonegilla". My bloody blog is still showing my last post :(

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  18. That must have been an incredible exhibit to witness—something I would have loved to see. Fantastic photos!

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  19. Don't apologize for that! These photos are fantastic! I would love this exhibit -- so much to see and so many ways to see it. I wish this would come somewhere near me.

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  20. What a fun exhibit, amazing art work. Take care, have a wonderful day!

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  21. ...Yayoi referred to herself as the high priestess of Polka Dots and I agree!!!

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  22. Oh wow, I'd love to see this exhibit. Thanks for all the photos, they are fantastic.

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  23. There was a large show of her work here a few years ago but I didn't get to it so it is great to see all of these pics.

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    1. I did not know she was that famous until walking into the place.

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  24. As you may've noticed, I love her work. I'm down for the day for my birthday present - alas only enough time for the exhibition so no catch up...but possibly later in the year.

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  25. What an incredible exhibit. I enjoyed looking at all of your photos!

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  26. I'd love to see these in person! Absolutely brilliant.

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