Very Dotty Artwork!

In the March issue, we talked about a Japanese artist named Yayoi Kusama. This artist is known for her fascination with polka dots. I had a chance to see her wildly-popular exhibit called Infinity Mirrors at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto.

Here I am in one of the art exhibits called The Obliteration Room. In this room, visitors are allowed to put stickers on the plain white walls and furniture. As more and more visitors put the dot stickers on every surface they can find, the white room disappears and is “obliterated”.

Yayoi Kusama’s The Obliteration Room

Bike in The Obliteration Room

Desk in The Obliteration Room

You can make your own Yayoi-inspired art at home! Make a diorama scene in a shoebox and paint everything white. Then add your own dots! Check out our sample here.

If you make some dotty art this long weekend, please share a photo with us!

Have a great day,

-Mandy, chickadeeblog@owlkids.com

Best. Room. Ever!

Hi readers,

In the March issue, we introduced you to an artist named Yayoi Kusama from Japan. She loves making art with POLKA DOTS!

The Queensland Gallery of Modern Art in Brisbane, Australia is currently putting on an art show called “Look Now, See Forever” by the famous artist. In the show, there is a special art piece called “The Obliteration Room”. Back in November, Yayoi asked gallery visitors to help her finish off the cool art piece. See how below!

First, Yayoi painted a room completely white.

Then for two weeks, gallery visitors came and stuck coloured dot stickers EVERYWHERE! And we mean everywhere…

And now the room looks like this!

WOW WEE! The word obliteration (say: uh-blit-uh-REY-shun) means to wipe something out completely. As you can see in this art piece, coloured dot stickers completely “wiped out” the white room!

Check out page 9 of chickaDEE’s March issue for instructions on how to make your own Yayoi Kusama-inspired art. Or click on this link HERE to make your own polka dot room on your computer. If you’re in Brisbane, you can check out the art exhibition until March 11.

Have a great weekend,

Mandy

Editor of chickaDEE

Photo credits: Yayoi Kusama / The obliteration room 2011 / Installation at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / © Yayoi Kusama / Mark Sherwood (Photos: 1, 2, 3)
Yayoi Kusama / The obliteration room 2011 / Installation at the Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane / Courtesy: Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / © Yayoi Kusama / Natasha Harth (Photos 4, 5)