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Statue of Venus Obliterated by Infinity Nets
199884 1/2 x 57 1/2 in. (214.6 x 146.1 cm)
Yayoi Kusama
Japan
Object Type:
Sculpture
Medium and Support:
Acrylic on fiberglass and canvas
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
2013.20.1-2
Location: Currently on view
Edition: 5/10
Yayoi Kusama is best known for her “infinity nets,” which have been a lifelong obsession for the artist. She has described the nets—a single arc of paint repeated endlessly—as a manifestation of her self-obliteration, in which she feels herself “dissolving and accumulating, proliferating and separating” into her art.
MAG’s Venus is number five from a suite of ten, each painted with a different pair of colors. For their original installation, Kusama placed ten life-sized reproductions of the Venus de Milo in a circle. She wrote, “The body of Venus, the paragon of physical beauty, disappeared among the nets.”
[Label text for Hawks Gallery reinstallation, summer 2019]
MAG’s Venus is number five from a suite of ten, each painted with a different pair of colors. For their original installation, Kusama placed ten life-sized reproductions of the Venus de Milo in a circle. She wrote, “The body of Venus, the paragon of physical beauty, disappeared among the nets.”
[Label text for Hawks Gallery reinstallation, summer 2019]
Provenance
Private collector, Korea; sold by that collector at Seoul Auction, Hong Kong, May 30, 2011, as lot 36; purchased at that sale by a private collector; sold by that owner through Christie's New York; purchased from them by the Gallery in 2013
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Centennial Acquisitions Fall 2013 - ?
- Represent: Great Women Artists At MAG 9/1/2023 - 4/14/2024
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--.
- Article Author: Rafferty, Rebecca. Article Title: Connections with Collections. Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. City Newspaper. Rochester, NY Issue Date: March 26 2014. Page Number: 26
- Women Artists at the Memorial Art Gallery. Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester, 2017.
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