Roppongi Becomes KUSAMA’s Canvas!
Yayoi-chan, Ring-Ring ©YAYOI KUSAMA
New Work Image
■work of art
・《Yayoi-chan》《Ring-Ring》（new work、ROPPONGI ART NIGHT 2011）
・PUMPKIN
・Footprints of Life
・Polka Dots Cafe
ALMAOND（Roppongi intersection） 、 Tokyo Midtown yao_ESTAbLISH
Place：Roppongi Hills Arena.、Tokyo Midtown、The National Art Center (Planned)
- KUSAMA Yayoi
- Avant-garde artist & novelist
Since childhood, she has been creating fantastic paintings that polka dots and nets as a motif. In 1957, she traveled alone to the United States, and won acclaim as an avant-garde artist, shocking the art world with her creative artworks and “happenings”. After her return to Japan in 1973, she continued to be active on the world stage and also authored a number of novels and anthologies. In 1983, her novel “The Hustlers Grotto of Christopher Street” won the 10th Literary Award for New Writers from the monthly magazine Yesei Jidai. Numerous other recognition includes the 50th Art Encouragement Prize from Minister of Education (2000, Asahi Prize (2001) and 18th Praemium Imperiale arts award (Prince Takamatsunomiya Memorial World Culture Award) (2006), In 2009, Japan recognized her as a person who has performed distinguished services in the field of culture. From the beginning of 2011 and through 2012, a retrospective of Yayoi Kusama has been touring major museums in Europe and the United States, and from the beginning of the year in 2012, she launched a touring exhibition in Japan in Osaka.
©YAYOI KUSAMA
Roppongi Metamorphizes into the World of Kusama!
Exhibits of new large-scale projects plus her acclaimed pumpkin and flower sculptures.
Come and experience Yayoi Kusama’s message of peace and hope.
Yayoi-chan, Ring-Ring ©YAYOI KUSAMA
<Roppongi Hills>
10-meter-tall “Yayoi-Chan” and her dog “Ring-Ring” tower over Roppongi Hills Arena.
In Roppongi Hills Arena, Kusama’s new giant balloon artwork “Yayoi-chan” stands over 10 meters tall. This is both the “Yayoi-Chan” that Kusama dreamed of becoming as a child and “Yayoi-Chan” we know today a symbol of peace and hope that confidently declares that “The Future is Mine”. On this special night in Roppongi, Yayoi-chan wants to take a walk with her 4-meter-tall dog “Ring-Ring”.
■Date : 3/24（Sat） Around 17:56 - 5:38 ,3/25（Sun）12:00 - 18:00
■Venue：Roppongi Hills Arena
10-meter-tall “Yayoi-Chan” and her dog “Ring-Ring” tower over Roppongi Hills Arena.
In Roppongi Hills Arena, Kusama’s new giant balloon artwork “Yayoi-chan” stands over 10 meters tall. This is both the “Yayoi-Chan” that Kusama dreamed of becoming as a child and “Yayoi-Chan” we know today a symbol of peace and hope that confidently declares that “The Future is Mine”. On this special night in Roppongi, Yayoi-chan wants to take a walk with her 4-meter-tall dog “Ring-Ring”.
■Date : 3/24（Sat） Around 17:56 - 5:38 ,3/25（Sun）12:00 - 18:00
■Venue：Roppongi Hills Arena
PUMPKIN 2011 (C)YAYOI KUSAMA
<The National Art Center, Tokyo (NACT) Near the entrance>
PUMPKIN
One of Kusama’s best known and most popular works is the Pumpkin, and you can find a new version near the entrance to the National Art Center, Tokyo. Glowing in the night and standing 3 meters high, it lends an air of mystery and fantasy.
■Date:3/24（Sat）10 : 0 0 - 3/25（Sun）18 : 00
■Venue:The National Art Center Near the main entrance
PUMPKIN
One of Kusama’s best known and most popular works is the Pumpkin, and you can find a new version near the entrance to the National Art Center, Tokyo. Glowing in the night and standing 3 meters high, it lends an air of mystery and fantasy.
■Date:3/24（Sat）10 : 0 0 - 3/25（Sun）18 : 00
■Venue:The National Art Center Near the main entrance
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Footprints of Life 2010
ウレタン塗装/ウレタン
(C)YAYOI KUSAMA
<ALMAOND（Roppongi intersection）,Tokyo Midtown>
Footprints of Life 2010
In front of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo Midtown, Kusama’s “Footprints of Life” enchants viewers with a floating island of pink material covered with black polka dots of all sizes.
■Date:3/24（Sat）10 : 0 0 - 3/25（Sun）18 : 00
■Venue:front of Tokyo Midtown 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
Footprints of Life 2010
In front of 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT in Tokyo Midtown, Kusama’s “Footprints of Life” enchants viewers with a floating island of pink material covered with black polka dots of all sizes.
■Date:3/24（Sat）10 : 0 0 - 3/25（Sun）18 : 00
■Venue:front of Tokyo Midtown 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
イメージ画像
(C)YAYOI KUSAMA
<ALMAOND（Roppongi intersection）,Tokyo Midtown>
Polka Dots Cafe
Especially for Roppongi Art Night, two cafes in Roppongi will become “Mizutama” (Polka Dot) cafés and provide a delightful place to enjoy the spring evening surrounded by Kusama’s joyful dots. At each shop, the 300 first diners that show a guidebook will be presented with an Art Night original Kusama muffler. (Offer ends when all mufflers are gone.)
■Venue:ALMAOND（Roppongi intersection）
■Date:3/24（Sat）9 : 00 - 5 : 00am
3/25（Sun）9 : 00 - 1: 00am
■Venue:yao_ESTAbLISH（Tokyo Midtown CASUAL DINING B1F）
■Date:3/24（Sat）10 : 00 - 5 : 00am
3/25（Sun）10 : 00 - 23 : 00
*Muffler Distribution Date/Time: 3/24 (SAT) from around 18:00（Offer ends when muffler supply is exhausted)
Polka Dots Cafe
Especially for Roppongi Art Night, two cafes in Roppongi will become “Mizutama” (Polka Dot) cafés and provide a delightful place to enjoy the spring evening surrounded by Kusama’s joyful dots. At each shop, the 300 first diners that show a guidebook will be presented with an Art Night original Kusama muffler. (Offer ends when all mufflers are gone.)
■Venue:ALMAOND（Roppongi intersection）
■Date:3/24（Sat）9 : 00 - 5 : 00am
3/25（Sun）9 : 00 - 1: 00am
■Venue:yao_ESTAbLISH（Tokyo Midtown CASUAL DINING B1F）
■Date:3/24（Sat）10 : 00 - 5 : 00am
3/25（Sun）10 : 00 - 23 : 00
*Muffler Distribution Date/Time: 3/24 (SAT) from around 18:00（Offer ends when muffler supply is exhausted)
※The completed work may differ in appearance from the photo.
