The first Obliteration room was commissioned by the Queensland Art Gallery in Australia in 2002. This is not Kusama’s first Obliteration Room, nor is it her first use of simple repetition to create something mind-blowingly effective. It is rare to be able to touch art in a gallery let alone create it. Everyone who visits the exhibition is part of it, making it what it becomes. Such a simple concept, a pure white room, which slowly over time, is completely obliterated by colourful repetition of the dots left behind by its visitors. The Obliteration Room is the perfect combination of creativity, simplicity and fun. It is hard not to when you are surrounded by primary colours, stickers and of course, as it is the summer holidays, lots of children. Being let loose with a pack of stickers sounds like every child’s dream right? Well, allow your inner child to play as you walk through the exhibit. There is such an abundance of stickers layered over everything, it is hard to see the objects in the room at first glance. ![]() On sofas, kitchen counters, the floor, the bed, the piano, anything until the room is completely obliterated beyond original recognition or visibility. You are asked to stick each one to something, anything, in the space. Participating in this exhibit feels like a game, you walk into a completely white domestic room and are given a sheet of colourful round stickers. Kusama is one of those rare artists who understands how to make art accessible to everyone, and that is part of her charm. The only requirement is that you participate in the “obliteration” of the space. Throughout August, the Tate Modern has transformed its vast Turbine hall into Yayoi Kusama’s biggest ever Obliteration Room, and it is free for anyone to visit. I’m not just saying this because it is worth seeing, which it is, but because the whole concept of the exhibition relies on visitor participation. You may have to select a menu option or click a button.If there is one exhibition you need to go to this summer, it is Yayoi Kusama’s O bliteration Room.
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