A while ago I have visited Yayoi Kusama's exposition at Tate Modern.Well,it took me a while to analyze the information received and understand my turn ons/offs.

Web: http://www.yayoi-kusama.jp

Yayoi Kusama has always been something crazy,experimental  for me.I was really looking forward to the visit,especially to see Obliteration and Mirror rooms.

The whole exposition was something like a time-span of Kusama's art evolution.She is an artist who has taken art through all her life,always exploring new ways to express herself,new movements,new media.Paintings,drawings,collages,fashion,photography,installations,even filming.

Tate got ready for her visit as well:giant red balloons in dots were hanging everywhere,catching attention of everyone and getting the curious about the show.Ticket price was quite high - 8.50 for students,around 10 for adults.On the entrance everyone was given a booklet with short biography of the artist and explanations of some works.
Each room was devoted to one of the area,all works put in a right sequence and style,so even audience with no background knowledge could understand what's going on,see her development,somehow take a "peep" on how she was thinking and creating her works.

People around were very different-Kusama is famous enough to get attention not only from artistic audience,but from normal Earth people too.Some of them were reading posters with explanations and spending a while exploring every object,some of them looked shocked and lost.As I have noticed,mostly people were fascinated by big rooms with her famous installations.The highest popularity took the Mirror room,which was closing the exhibition,and it was not a surprise to anyone.It felt like the room takes you to some parallel reality,new dimension.It feels like you are lost in space.Unfortunately,room was really small and it kind of killed the feeling.

My favourite works of her are Mirror room,obliteration room and some of pattern paintings.
I think Kusama is the person,who can really bring this unreal feeling with her works,it's like a Wonderland,all looks so magical,crazy,abnormal.It doesn't just catch your attention,but makes you live through each work.


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This is something like my "soundtrack" for her works,puts me in a special "Kusama mood" haha

Today I visited photo-exhibition "Stanley Kubrick.Stories in photographs of 1945-1950" in Multimedia Art Museum in Moscow.

                                          Stanley Kubrick's self-portrait


When I entered the exhibition room I was not really amused - the space was decorated as usual photo exhibition,the only thing that was different was that the room itself was dark.All descriptions and photographs was lighten by small lamps which were fixed on the celling.

                                                    museum space


All Kubrick's photo-essays were divided on groups,a row of photographs was telling a story from Kubrick's sight.The first "story" which had impressed me was about young actress named Betsy Von Furstenberg.He was documenting her life and with his unique techniques was able to show all the fakeness and affectedness of a pretty,famous model. Descripion near the photographs were saying about a photo I wasn't able to find on the exhibition,where Betsy is falling from the bicycle,she was caught off guard and her fake smile was cemented on her face...I think this photo is the most revealing and I was quite disappointed I couldn't find it on the exhibition...

Second collection I liked was about young Brooklyn shoe-shine boy Mikkey,his strong will to freedom and responsibility.Also his personal life was on display:the boy is doing homework,looking after birds and playing fants with friends.

Also I fell in love with a phototgraph of a train from "Chicago" series,it's hard to explain,but I felt as if I am at the place myself and see the train with my own eyes(I will post it when I find it)

I really loved the exhibition.I knew about films Kubrick made,but never knew he was a talented photographer as well.His vision of things,events and other people's lives is very unique,also they gave me the similar feeling i got from his films.He found his style of filming through photography,in which he reached perfection in geometry and graphics.Will visit this exhibition again soon 

                                                                                                                                Jealousy