Dancing Pumpkin
By lucky chance I entered the National Gallery of Victoria (Melbourne) last Friday to see this wonderful sculpture half 'wrapped' - just the top part peaking out. 'Is this wrapped art or Art as is?' I asked my friend, and we debated. The enormous object was fun and intriguing. We went on to view paintings of the 16th Century - and marvelled... Upon our return to the upper balcony we discovered that Dancing Pumpkin by Yayoi Kusama had been fully unwrapped and dusted! Glorious! I felt so privileged, in this difficult world, to experience such joy in this place of human-made ART. The full Yayoi Kusama exhibition will open on 15th December 2024 and close 21 April 2025. Enjoy! Born in Japan in 1929, Kusama is one of the world’s most important and recognised practitioners working today. Kusama is renowned globally for her singular and idiosyncratic use of pattern, colour and symbols to create immersive, thought-provoking and intensely personal works of art that transcend lang