Some artists carve doubt.
Yayoi Kusama and Niki de Saint Phallecarvecolor until it bursts.
Reality gets louder, brighter, bolder.
As if life refused to go on mute.
With Kusama, polka dots spread like wildfire.
They cover space, objects, bodies.
Visual spores. Heartbeats.
A secret language written in repetition.
Obsession becomes rhythm. Vertigo becomes design.
Overflow becomes visual poetry. It’s control
— but the kind that makes you smile.
A smile that glows in the dark.
Her Nanas are planets. Bodies that don’t ask for permission.
Colors that dance all over clichés until they crack.
The pink is electric. The yellow screams.
The blue hits like a too-hard kiss.
This isn’t decoration. It’s a stance.
They shout without yelling. They laugh without distracting.
They say:“Yes, we can be deep and dazzling. Yes, we can be powerful and saturated.”
As if they whispered, in sync…
“You turned minimalism into a virtue. We prefer the visual orgy.”
That’s their strength.They never ask for permission.
They offer color like forbidden fruit. They paint, sculpt, obsess —to open doors.
To play.
To be free.
To overflow with joy.
To See At The Exhibition – “Inner Child”
📍Opera Gallery London
Through 27 May 2025