To Infinity

Sep, 03, 2020

Art

To Infinity

Although the title of the Museum’s beloved Yayoi Kusama installation references a swarm of fireflies illuminating a summer night, have you ever stepped into the mirrored darkness and instead imagined yourself floating through space, weaving through stars, as another cosmic mass free to just simply exist? Enjoy these works with space-age, sci-fi vibes from the Museum’s collections of Asian, contemporary, American, and European art and fashion design that inspire us to escape the everyday and envision the extraordinary, whether here on Earth or among galaxies far, far way.

COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS

Marta Chilindrón, Cubo azul 48 (Blue Cube 48), 2006. Twin wall Polycarbonate. Gift of Nicholas Pardon. Image courtesy of Nicholas Pardon.

Blue Cube 48 (2006) by Marta Chilindrón

Dodge City (1961) by Billy Al Bengston

Tensions (1939) by Emil Bisttram

Untitled (SMS #98) (November 11, 1991) by Larry Bell

Francisco de Goya, Si amanece, nos vamos (When day breaks we must go), 1797-1799. Aquatint etching. Gift of M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.

Si amanece, nos vamos (When day breaks we must go) (1797-1799) by Francisco de Goya

Long-sleeve black dress (fall 2010) by Donna Karan

The Last Scattering Surface (2006) by Josiah McElheny

Untitled (1978) by Larry Bell

You Who are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies (2005) by Yayoi Kusama

Broken Wings #3 (Alas rotas #3) (1986) by Donald Lipski

Mount Yoshino Midnight-moon – Iga no Tsubone, from the series “One Hundred Aspects of the Moon (Tsuki hyaku sugata)” (1886) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Unknown, Scholar’s rock (Roca del erudito), Qing dynasty, 1644-1911. Dark grey ying limestone with brown inclusions. Gift of Asian Arts Council.

Scholar’s Rock (Qing dynasty), China

Drawing (1993) by Nancy Rubins

Extended Landscape Model for Total Reflective Abstraction: cone-like shape (2004) by Josiah McElheny

Curves for E.S. (Curvas para E.S.) (2005) by Dan Graham

Messengers (1932) by Agnes Pelton

Censer in the form of a seated qilin (Ming dynasty), China

Stele of a lintel relief depicting the Navagrahas and other vahana (11th-12th century), India