La MALBA

Today Aline and I visited La Malba, the largest modern art museum of South America! 

The visiting exhibit focused on a very modernized Japanese artist, Yayoi Kusama whose artwork is very centered around the idea of circles. There was a lot of information about her throughout the exhibit, but it was all in Spanish so I only picked up a few details about her opinions on each of the pieces. 

We got there about 3:30pm but the line was long so we had to wait in the rain for a bit. I was starving so walked across the street and picked up a really good sandwich! It was a medialuna with jamon y queso (ham and cheese) for 30 pesos, like $4 US. A medialuna is a type of croissant, that is shaped like half a moon, hence media (half), luna (moon). 

The trees that lined the entrance way to the museum were covered in poke-a-dot fabric. 

So I know I've seen this picture before but I have no idea why/where it comes from. I definitely know it's a famous one so I had to take a picture regardless of my lack of knowledge on it's significance. 

Self Portrait with Monkey and Parrot 1942 by Frida Kahlo 

Looked this painting up online...it's worth over $3 million. Wish a picture of it was.... 

Outside of the exhibit was a really cool bench. The end of it went all the way down the wall onto the lower level.  

Here are pictures of Yayoi Kusama's exhibit based on circles and poke-a-dots.

When you entered the museum you were given a sheet of stickers in the shape of circles...you were asked to create art with them wherever you saw it necessary. Most people chose to decorate themselves!

Here are some of her paintings. Most of the exhibit didn't focus on her paintings but more on her modern art. 

This was a room filled with the stickers same stickers we got when we first entered the museum. I'm not sure if these rooms were purely created by visitors, or if she set them up and people added to them. 

 

Part of the exhibit was this little room people walked into. You were allowed to go in with 4 people, for 10 seconds only. The guard outside would close the door and you'd be surrounded by these figures. There were no walls, only mirrors. 

Another part of her exhibit was a light show that you could walk through. There was a path way with mirrors on all four sides so it looked as though the lights went on forever.