草间弥生全新展览《You, Me and the Balloons》正式登陆英国曼彻斯特

作为「2023 曼彻斯特国际艺术节」的一部分，日本艺术家草间弥生正式登陆斥资 2.11 英镑打造的 Factory International 新旗舰场馆 Aviva Studios 举办最新展览《You, Me and the Balloons》。

上述展览是 Aviva Studios 开幕项目之一，其中集结草间弥生众多大型充气作品（多件创作高度均超过 10 公尺），包括《The Hope of the Polka Dots Buried in Infinity will Eternally Cover the Universe》（2019）、《Kusama’s inflatable Clouds》（2023），以及影像作品《Song of a Manhattan Suicide Addict》（2007）、鼓励观者躺下进行思考的云朵雕塑等，汇聚过去 30 年间的心血，带来超现实迷幻仙境般的沈浸式体验。

关于展览，草间弥生本人表示：

“It would be interesting if people would experience the show as a wonderland. The experience of the scale is what’s important. Inflatable works expanded my creative means in terms of scale that could not have been achieved by stuffed soft sculptures, and the freedom of placing them up in the air.

For me, the world is genuinely full of surprises. It is not that I want to inspire a childlike awe or wonder, but to inspire through my genuine perception of the world.”

《You, Me and the Balloons》展览预计将展至 8 月 28 日，