Villa with Impluvium
Between the gymnasium and the monastery, quite close to modern archaeologists house, in the first terrace just at the bottom of the hill, is a large building dating to the 2nd-3rd century AD. The building belongs to the Roman style with an impluvium, a pool that captured rainwater from the opening in the roof. During the excavations at this site it was found a portrait of a philosopher and a headless marble statue of the goddess Athena in the Promachos style. The sculptures, one of the limestone basements showing Atlas grasping the Columns of the World, are at the National Museum in Tirana. The most stunning finds were in 2010, when the bust of a Roman aristocrat was discovered.
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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.
