Library
According to the French archaeologist, Leon Rey, who discovered it, the building in the eastern corner of the Agora was the library of the city, but the function of this building is not entirely clear. It is a simple quadrate building, which is finished in the same technique and urbane harmony as Bouleterion. The Library is over-constructed to an earlier avenue, of which the façade is still preserved. The reason that drove Leon Rey to search the Library at this location – the Apollonian archive in the 2nd century AD – was the presence of ledges that profiled interal walls of the building, as well as some symmetrical holes in them. According to the French archaeologist, they might have served to hold shelves on the wall.
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This exhibition is a rare chance to experience two of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms. These immersive installations will transport you into Kusama’s unique vision of endless reflections.
Infinity Mirrored Room – Filled with the Brilliance of Life is one of Kusama’s largest installations to date and was made for her 2012 retrospective at the gallery. It is shown alongside Chandelier of Grief, a room which creates the illusion of a boundless universe of rotating crystal chandeliers.
A small presentation of photographs – some on display for the first time – provides historical context for the global phenomenon that Kusama’s mirrored rooms have become today.
