AP Art History: Narcissus Garden-- #148
Narcissus Garden by Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama's Narcissus Garden is an installation work of art (click to learn more). Originally made of 1,500 plastic silver globes on the lawn outside of the Venice Biennale, a very famous exhibition to which she was not invited.
Bio of the work:
Title: Narcissus Garden
Date: 1966
Medium: mirrored, mass-produced balls
Location: various; including Central Park, NYC, and Bernardo de Mello Paz’s Instituto Inhotim
Analysis:
Kusama stood amongst the 1,500 mirrored balls with a sign reading "Your Narcissism For Sale". These spheres reflected everything-- every passerby, the surrounding architecture, the artist herself, etc. Kusama's genius was brought through when she began selling the spheres, thus proving the point that her sign pointed out. The people were buying a reflection of themselves.
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