{"id":6167,"date":"2019-03-24T08:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-24T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdammagazine.com\/?p=6167"},"modified":"2024-04-09T16:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T14:05:00","slug":"new-moco-museum-yayoi-kusama","status":"archived","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/nieuw-moco-museum-yayoi-kusama\/","title":{"rendered":"New to the Moco Museum: Yayoi Kusama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A completely transformed space features the world-famous artworks Night of Stars and Pumpkin, in which polka dots play the leading role.<\/p>\n<p>Yayoi Kusama says:\u00a0<i>\"...a polka dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka dots become movement...Polka dots are a way to infinity.\"<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Despite her age and health, she is still active as an artist and creates new work. In her art, Kusama has transformed negative life experiences into a positive dream world and, through her works, makes a case for feminism and against sexism.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Yayoi Kusama - Obsessed with Polka Dots | Tate\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rRZR3nsiIeA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>The Moco Museum is open daily from 9:00 to 7:00.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In een geheel getransformeerde ruimte zijn de wereldberoemde kunstwerken Night of Stars\u00a0en\u00a0Pumpkin\u00a0te zien, waarin polkadots de hoofdrol spelen. Yayoi Kusama zegt hierover:\u00a0&#8220;&#8230;a polka dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/nieuw-moco-museum-yayoi-kusama\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6282,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"district":[14],"class_list":["post-6167","post","type-post","status-archived","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","district-amsterdam-zuid"],"acf":{"slider":[6251,6252],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Een ode aan de excentrieke en raadselachtige \u2018Polkadot Princess'","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"4.8818941","cord_B":"52.3586962","introductie_tekst":"Op 22 maart viert de Japanse Yayoi Kusama haar 90e verjaardag. 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