The Infinite Universe

• Prize
  Bronze in Fine Art/Other
• Photographer
  Patty Maher, Canada
• Date of Photograph
  May/June 2018

Throughout her work, Yayoi Kusama uses polka dots as a metaphor for giving up personal identity and becoming one with the universe. "Far beyond the reaches of the universe," she says, "infinity is trying to communicate with us” and it reaches out through her work as an infinite series of polka dots. This composite series pays homage to the themes that run throughout Kusama’s work. It whimsically explores the idea that our human identity is both intertwined and linked to a cosmological identity and that we, as mere dots in the universe, are a very small part of a much larger entity.

• Awards
  Exhibitions: November 2012: Dark Room Gallery Group Exhibition, Vermont “Red” – Juried Show October 2012: The Dam Gallery, Alton Group Exhibition “Equinox” – Juried Show September 2012: Hills of the Headwaters Group Exhibition Caledon– Juried Show Publications: November 2012: La fille de l'hiver - Cover October 2012: Press 53 - Blood Sisters of the Republic – Cover October 2012: Armida Publications - Tell Me a Tale - Cover Features: October 2012: Fluster Magazine October 2012: Fourx5 Magazine Issue 8 July 2012: Golden Age Issue 9 Feature and cover July 2012: The D Photo June 2012: The Paper Tree Issue 1 May 2012: Get Inspired Magazine April 2012: We See It Volume 5 April 2012: Rebel Imprint Volume 1 March 2012: Musetouch Issue 19 February 2012:Whitezine February 2012: Professional Photography Blog February 2012: Anormalmag January 2012: Le mag Darqroom January 2012: Urban Muser