Everyone needs to be a Kusama at some point in life.

I had the chance to visit my friend in London this summer. Best of all, I got to be there for three major exhibitions which I've always wanted to visit but they never came to my country. Yayoi Kusama's exhibition is my favourite out of the three and so I chose to share my afterthoughts on this absolutely enchanting exhibition.

Yayoi Kusama is one of the most celebrated contemporary artists in Japan. Her extensive body of art often reflects an eccentric mix of exoticism and hallucinatory intensity. The famous and brilliant use of polka dots in Kusama’s paintings, drawings and collages embodies obliteration and freedom. The Infinity Net paintings, covered by countless brushstrokes on a large scale monocoloured canvas, are evidence to Kusama’s minimalistic and obsessive nature to produce art of such quality. This technicality can only be achieved by a remarkable stamina and determination, which essentially makes a meditative process for both the viewer and the artist. Lastly, the Infinity Mirrors, which is one of my personal favorites, invites the viewer to be suspended by his /her own infinite reflected images. Coupled with ever-changing twinkles of light in the room, it is indeed a magical and endearing experience in the art trip.

Throughout Kusama’s exhibition, it is not difficult to pick up on the constant struggle the protagonist had gone through to depict her obsession onto the physical realm in the self-created world centered on her. Perhaps neuroticism is the way to go, where insanity is the new sanity in this crazy world that we live in.