Now Arriving: Yayoi Kusama’s Grand Central Madison Mosaic ! MTA Arts & Design has unveiled a spectacular new artwork by Yayoi Kusama commissioned for the Long Island Rail Road’s new Grand Central Madison terminal in New York. Expanding upon Kusama’s iconic 'My Eternal Soul' series, the 120-foot-long glass mosaic artwork, titled 'A Message of Love, Directly from My Heart unto the Universe' (2022), explores boldly colored lines and forms, and conveys messages central to Kusama’s oeuvre.
The artist told The New York Times that the train station venue inspired her to depict many different characters coming and going, adding, 'It could be you, it could be me.'
Yayoi Kusama's (b. 1929) work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century: Pop art and Minimalism. Her highly influential career spans paintings, performances, room-size presentations, outdoor sculptural installations, literary works, films, fashion, design, and interventions within existing architectural structures, which allude at once to microscopic and macroscopic universes.
davidzwirner.com/artists/yayoi-kusama
The artist told The New York Times that the train station venue inspired her to depict many different characters coming and going, adding, 'It could be you, it could be me.'
Yayoi Kusama's (b. 1929) work has transcended two of the most important art movements of the second half of the twentieth century: Pop art and Minimalism. Her highly influential career spans paintings, performances, room-size presentations, outdoor sculptural installations, literary works, films, fashion, design, and interventions within existing architectural structures, which allude at once to microscopic and macroscopic universes.
davidzwirner.com/artists/yayoi-kusama
