Infinity Mirror Room - Phalli's Field (Floor Show)

Yayoi Kusama (in 1965 (1998))

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Catherine asked

Is the installation open to the public/on display right now? Thanks!
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hallo Catherine, the installation was on view in the Depot until two weeks ago. Unfortunately at the moment it is not exhibited anymore.
Kind regards, Els
Svenja Gründler asked

Hi! How often does this question feature get used and how do you make sure every question gets answered? Thank you!
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Svenja, we get quite a lot of questions. Since we offer this service we received over 3000 questions. They are answered via our content management system by various staff members. Unanswered questions are red; when a question is answered we check a box and then the question becomes white.
Kind regards, Els
Bob asked

Meaning behind Phalli's field
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Bob, Phalli's field does not have a single and fixed meaning, it plays with perspective and personal experience. Your perspective and experience will be different form mine, and we both will have a different view than the artist herself. The endless reflection of one's own image can be experienced as liberating (endlessness) or as restrictive (being for ever secluded in one's own mind and world). The same duality is present in the phallic forms: are they frightening, as the artist herself repeatedly said, or nice? Kind regards, Els
Thura Sit Thway asked

What are the actual dimensions/size of the room?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Thura, I'm not exactly sure about the room. But the dimensions of the piece are 311 cm (h) by 476 cm (w). You can reach out to me if you would like me to check the dimensions of the room for you.
Best, Lisa
Pedro asked

Is the renovation of the infinity mirror room finished? Can visitors experience it again?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hi Pedro,

The restoration of Kusama's Infinity Room has finished, though you won't be able to experience it at this point, as this work is not on view but stored in the depot.

Best regards,
Gianni
Donna asked

Is it currently possible to visit the infinity mirror room?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Donna, at the moment Phalli's Field is restored in one of the restoration studio's in Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen. When you visit the depot you will be able to see people working at it. I am not sure when the restoration is finished and when the piece will be installed for experience by visitors again. Kind regards, Els
Holly Beene asked

Four years ago we traveled to Rotterdam just to see the Merry-Go-Round coatrack. My friend is coming this fall. Is the mechanism in storage for the next years?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Dear Holly, I'm afraid neither the Merry-Go-Round coatrack nor the Infinity Mirror Room can be seen in the coming years. The museum building is being renovated and these works will both be in storage. Best, Xin
Diana asked

Wanneer is het dan gemaakt? 1998?
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen answered

Hoi Diana, dit kunstwerk is voor het eerst uitgevoerd in 1965, maar deze versie is uit 1998. groeten, Sophie

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The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (Matsumoto 1929) has created an environment with dots, phalluses and endless reflections that suck in the viewer. Step into this room and you are immersed in the work. ‘Infinity Mirror Room – Phalli's Field (Floor Show)’ was the first of a series of mirrored rooms that Kusama began in 1965. The work was included in Kusama’s solo exhibition ‘Mirrored Years’ at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in the autumn of 2008.

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Title	Infinity Mirror Room - Phalli's Field (Floor Show)
Material and technique	Textile, mirror, MDF and paint
Object type	Installation > Three-dimensional object > Art object
Location	This object is in storage

Dimensions	Height 311 cm Width 476 cm Depth 476,5 cm
Artists	Artist: Yayoi Kusama
Accession number	BEK 1859 a-y (MK)
Credits	Purchased with the support of Stichting Fonds Willem van Rede (Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands), Mondriaan Fund and FriendsLottery, 2010
Department	Modern Art
Acquisition date	2010
Creation date	in 1965 (1998)
Collector	Collector / W. van Rede
Internal exhibitions	Yayoi Kusama - Infinity Mirror Room (2011) Lievelingen XL (2024)
External exhibitions	Yayoi Kusama. De Nederlandse jaren 1965-1970 (2023) Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen @ Rijksmuseum (2023)
Research	Show research Digitising Contemporary Art
Material	Textile > Worked fibres > Fibre > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Mirror > Living accessories > Living > Utensil MDF > Board > Fibreboard > Worked wood > Wood > Vegetable material > Organic material > Material > Material and technique Paint > Artist's material > Material > Material and technique
Object	Installation > Three-dimensional object > Art object

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