Yayoi Kusama Museum || Exhibition: ZERO IS INFINITY ZERO and Yayoi Kusama || from 05.03.2020 until 31.05.2020

In 1958, the artist group ZERO was founded by Heinz Mack and Otto Piene in Düsseldorf. ZERO held the intention to reset the post-war art to zero. Later, it became a driving force in promoting collaboration and solidarity between European avant-garde artists, who were left isolated by World War Ⅱ. When she was based in New York in the 1960s, Kusama participated in group ZERO-related exhibitions many times, attracting attention within the European art scene. Yayoi Kusama, who pursues “Infinity”, has various similarities in her artistic expression with that of ZERO artists, such as the repetition of motifs and the pursuit of monochrome. This exhibition introduces the ZERO movement and its works, which have not been widely presented in Japan yet, together with Kusama’s works and documentation from the 1960s. It will trace the journey of avant-garde artists who overcame the wounds of war, initiating the possibility of a brand-new art through exploring two opposite poles, Zero and Infinity.

 

The opening of Nul 1965, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam 1965 Photograph by André Morain

Heinz Mack during the shooting of the film Tele-Mack in the Tunisian desert 1968

Piero Manzoni signing a model, transforming her into Living Sculpture (Scultura Vivente), Milan 1961

Kusama and Narcissus Garden at the 33rd Venice Biennale 1966

Enrico Castellani Surface 1962

Adolf Luther Concave Mirror Object 1967

Ferdinand Spindel Untitled 1977

Participating Artists:

Enrico Castellani, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Christian Megert, Jesús Rafael Soto, Henk Peeters, Otto Piene, Jan Schoonhoven, Ferdinand Spindel, Günther Uecker

 

Dates:

Thursday, March 5 – Sunday, May 31, 2020

Open

Thursdays to Sundays and National Holidays

Closed

Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays

Hours

11:00 – 17:30

 

Admission Charges:

(including tax)

Adults: JPY1,100　Children aged 6 – 18: JPY600

*Children under age 6 are free. *Group rates are not applicable.

Admission Times

①11:00 – 12:30 (Enter by 11:30)

②12:00 – 13:30 (Enter by 12:30)

③13:00 – 14:30 (Enter by 13:30)

④14:00 – 15:30 (Enter by 14:30)

⑤15:00 – 16:30 (Enter by 15:30)

⑥16:00 – 17:30 (Enter by 16:30)

Yayoi Kusama Museum has no designated waiting area for visitors arriving before the admission time. Please refrain from coming to the museum before your admission time.

All tickets must be purchased in advance online. Entry is timed and only valid for a specific 90minute time-slot. Tickets are non-refundable and cannot be changed. Tickets go on sale at 10 am (Japan Time) on the first of each month for entry in the month after next. All the tickets for the entry in March go on sale from January 6. Please purchase tickets in advance from here.

 

 

Source: Yayoi Kusama Museum