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"A new sculpture by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama has been unveiled at London’s
Liverpool Street station. Titled
Infinite Accumulation, it’s Kusama’s first
permanent public artwork in the United Kingdom—and her largest public sculpture
to date.
The sprawling installation measures roughly 33 feet high, 39 feet wide and 328
feet long. It’s made of reflective silver spheres arranged in an intricate
web-like formation, each of the balls mirroring the others.
“London is a massive metropolis with people of all cultures moving constantly,”
says Kusama, 95, in a statement. “The spheres symbolize unique personalities,
while the supporting curvilinear lines allow us to imagine an underpinning
social structure.”
The sculpture was commissioned by the Crossrail Art Foundation in 2017. Now,
seven years later, the new artwork complements the surrounding architecture and
the entrance of the Elizabeth Line station, which recently became the busiest
station in the country.
“It’s a site-specific artwork that responds to the space around us, [and] the
architecture, through a series of four stainless steal arches,” Eleanor
Pinfield, head of art on the Underground at Transport for London, tells
Euronews. “To Kusama, these are a form of the polka dot, which she uses a lot
in her work.”
Commuters, locals and tourists passing by the bustling station can stare into
Infinite Accumulation’s reflective spheres, seeing not only themselves but
the city around them."
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