„This exhi­bi­tion intro­duces the ZERO move­ment and its works, which have not been widely presented in Japan yet, toge­ther with Kusa­ma’s works and docu­men­ta­tion from the 1960s. When she was based in New York in the 1960s, Kusama parti­ci­pated in group ZERO-related exhi­bi­tions many times, attrac­ting atten­tion within the Euro­pean art scene. Yayoi Kusama, who pursues “Infi­nity”, has various simi­la­ri­ties in her artistic expres­sion with that of ZERO artists, such as the repe­ti­tion of motifs and the pursuit of mono­chrome. It will trace the journey of avant-garde artists who over­came the wounds of war, initia­ting the possi­bi­lity of a brand-new art through explo­ring two oppo­site poles, Zero and Infi­nity.“

Enrico Castel­lani, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Yayoi Kusama, Adolf Luther, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Chris­tian Megert, Jesús Rafael Soto, Henk Peeters, Otto Piene, Jan Schoon­hoven, Ferdi­nand Spindel, Günther Uecker

Special Support: Goethe-Institut Tokyo, ZERO foun­da­tion

Photo: Adolf Luther, Concave Mirror Object, 1966-67
copy­right: Andreas Drabben