5. Yayoi Kusama’s I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers
Renowned Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama unveiled one of her largest gallery exhibitions to date at David Zwirner Galleries in Manhattan this month. The exhibition, titled I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers, features new monumental sculptures and over thirty new paintings spread throughout three gallery spaces on West 19th Street in Manhattan. The show marks 10 years since Kusama’s debut at David Zwirner and the return of one of her most popular pieces, an infinity mirror room.
All of the works on display incorporate Kusama’s signature visual elements of bright colors, repetitive patterns, and polka dots. These aesthetic elements represent Kusama’s fascination with the natural world, on a micro and macro level, from the cells of plants to the heavenly bodies of the universe. I Spend Each Day Embracing Flowers is free and open to the public from May 11th at 6pm ET until July 21st. Previous Kusama exhibits have had wait times of thirty minutes to over two hours, so plan accordingly!
