Yayoi Kusama x Children's Binnacle

On the 11th of June, we finally found the time to head to the National Gallery. Be prepared if you're visiting on a weekend, the whole museum was filled with hordes of people - so much so that even the queuing for tickets took 20 - 30 minutes! But then again, it could be attributed to the fact that it was the first weekend the exhibit was open.

I love being a student in Singapore as there are so many perks and concessions that we receive. For example, when visiting museums, it is normally free entry for students as long as you show your student pass and fill up this form indicating which institution you are from.
Yayoi's main exhibit was split into three galleries across the third floor of the museum. At gallery A, a lot of her early works was displayed. What I loved about this gallery was the fact that apart from the simple shapes that she used in her works, they were also textured which further enhanced the features of the painting.

Not all of Yayoi's works allow photo taking so do take some time to soak in the beauty of the artwork by staring intensely at it.

Yayoi is famous for her signature motifs, with one being the Pumpkin. Growing up in a plant seed nursery, she grew fond of the pumpkin due to it's shape and grotesqueness. It appealed to her and she begun to include them in her artistic works.

By the first gallery you would have realised that dots too are important in her artistic journey. This was due to the hallucinations Yayoi used to have when she was young due to her acute neurosis condition. To her, the polka dots are like a way to infinity, and a symbol of the sun (energy) and moon (calm). 

In the second gallery, a room full of mirrors greeted us. It kinda looked like the mirrors the put near roads to help you see your blind spots. 

We then had to queue to enter the infinity room - and were only allowed 30 seconds inside!

Then we proceeded on to the next gallery... From top to ceiling it was filled with black doodles/paintings on white canvas - her Love Forever series. Something i spotted in one of the paintings was this little doodle like of a lady - a self-representation?

Moving on to a room full of colourful dots!!

And moving on to the gallery with amazing colourful paintings, another phase of Yayoi's artistic journey. 

Exiting this gallery, the last exhibition was at the City Hall Chamber. 

The Children's binnacle was also happening around the museum and check out the cute details all around.

Part of Yayoi x Children's Binnacle, there was a room: Homogenizing And Transforming World; which featured a room full of coloured balls that changed colours.

A crazy cool optical illusion like - Firewalk: Bridge of Embers.

And The Obliteration Room! (Partnered with Yayoi)

After that, we roamed around for a bit. 

Before we were exhausted and caught dinner at the Wild Market @ 100 Beach Road.

Kind of like a fancy food court, but the mash was amaaaaazing.

A great day out, especially since Kok just came back from his 10 day Japan trip. Teehee.