Bulb Field, a photo from Zuid Holland, Sud

Photographer's Note

Bulb Field

The most famous work of the 90-year-old Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is probably her yellow pumpkin with black dots that can be admired in various places in the world.
This pumpkin is also part of the exhibition of some of her iconic works in the Voorlinden Museum. But I will show you today one of the other exhibited works.

Yayoi Kusama, is one of the most important and high-profile artists of this time.
Kusama is called the princess of polka dots.
She says about it herself: “... a polka dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka dots become movement ... Polka dots are a way to infinity. "

In the work of Kusama that I show in this post, the dot is used 3-dimensionally in the form of a large number of shiny spheres with the size of a football.
Placed against each other in one of the halls of the museum, they form a shiny bulb field that must be closely monitored by the museum guards to prevent visitors from moving the bulbs. Children in particular are attracted by the balls to play with.

■ Picture 1: ◄Bulb Field Close Up ►

■ Picture 2: ◄Lost in the Bulb Field ►

■ Picture 3: ◄Admiring the Bulb Field ►

The best way to view the pictures is to use the links above.

Fis2, Hansaphotos, pierrefonds, jhm, ikeharel, worldcitizen, bona, Energysavingelk, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, mcmtanyel trouve(nt) cette note utile

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Fis2 (155762) 2019-12-22 2:38

Witaj Rob!
Excellent idea, wonderful effect.
Good framing, colors and light.
Reflections make impression.Vry impressive picture.
Nice sunday.
Krzysztof

Royaldevon (75584) 2019-12-22 2:44

Hello Rob,

I love the title! So apt!
The main photograph is so full of smooth, 3D shapes, all so slightly different in their reflections that we can track the position of various figures.
It's a bit like looking in distorting mirrors!
I was surprised by your w/s, that the spheres weren't actually contained. Now I understand your notes about children being tempted to play with them!

My warm regards,
Bev :-)

Silvio1953 (205890) 2019-12-22 2:49

Ciao Rob, lovely and composition with beautiful reflections, great graphic, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

holmertz (92938) 2019-12-22 3:07

Hello Rob,
You have stolen my show! I have photos of these shining balls from Moderna Museet from a few years ago. But these photos are so much better, which explains why I never showed mine. It's probably because of your greater skill, possibly also because of a differently sized room with a different light. And no doubt you had better luck with other visitors to make the photos more attractive. But I love the reflections and the possibilities of an almost endless number of selfies. The tight crop means a lot, so I will send this to my favourites.
Best regards,
Gert

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Hansaphotos (11379) 2019-12-22 3:07

Helllo Rob

Excellent close-up capture of this artwork. So many interesting and intriguing shapes. Great effect of the reflections in the shiny bulbs, and a fine grapical effect too. Lovely work:) TFS.

Greetings, Erling

pierrefonds (103663) 2019-12-22 4:41

Hi Rob,

The reflections on the bulds are assets to the composition. The point of view is showing the details of the Bulb Field. The light is bringing out the colours. Have a nice day.

Pierre

jhm (203133) 2019-12-22 4:58

Dag Rob,

De bollen doen goed hun werk.
Zorgen voor mooie weerspiegelingen en ook een mooi licht.
Uw foto's zijn altijd uniek, ook deze hoort er bij.
Altijd bijzonder om naar te kijken, u bent een perfect kunstenaar.
Goed foto werk, bedankt.

Groeten uit een Regenachtig Vlaanderen,
John.

lousat (130061) 2019-12-22 6:00

Hi Rob,a pic made in August but that seems perfect for a postcard of Christmas whishes. Fantastic close up full of reflections,and the 2 useful WS as usual,with different perspectives and the people inside to give us the idea of the big size of this japanese artwork,very well done! Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano

ikeharel (105977) 2019-12-22 6:22

An amazing display, and reckon by the WS's what to whole idea is, Rob.
Each has its own reflection - but together those made a extraordinary picture.
Good afternoon,
Ike

jean113 (22131) 2019-12-22 6:36

Hello Rob, yet another gift for a photographer, presenting endless possibilities.
From the main post I was totally unaware of the size of the bulbs, until I looked at ‘ Lost in the bulb field’, and realised their size.
As Beverley says, and I agree with her, we were surprised that the bulbs were not contained, how tempting for young children to attempt to move them!
In your main shot, I love the repetition of the reflections. The light is beautifully managed.
Excellent shots, thanks for sharing.
Kind regards, Jean.

jemaflor (135520) 2019-12-22 9:28

Hi Rob,
Great repeating effect, well seen and photographed, nice reflections and brightness, excellent sharpness too. Photogenic views with your WS, tfs.

mesutilgim (0) 2019-12-22 9:41

Hello Rob,
Very well observed and captured. Perfect graphical effect.
Many good and usefull notes.
TFS and best regards
MESUT ILGIM

Nicou (193806) 2019-12-22 10:13

Hello

quelle image et détail que de boules fantastique cette concentrations de boules et avec les refletbssur le boules cette lumière en dessin fantastique
bravo et amitié
Nciou

Gerrit (59968) 2019-12-22 11:21

Dag Rob,
In de zomer had het een uit de hand gelopen petanque wedstrijd kunnen zijn maar nu zijn de kerst-associaties te sterk.
De weerspiegeling werkt ook mooi mee in al die glimmende ballen.'
Groet,Gerrit

Tue (82360) 2019-12-22 13:20

Hallo Rob,
Alweer een foto die favoriet is. Het is dan ook wel een heel mooie verzameling kerstballen, zeer geschikt voor deze tijd van het jaar. En bovendien zijn al deze spiegelingen in de bollen ook nog eens heel aantrekkelijk.
Lars

kasianowak (15848) 2019-12-22 13:31

Hi Rob
The bulbs, with almost identical reflections, create an abstract effect. Very eye-catching photo. You chose a really good composition and crop.
It's amazing that the work of art is so big that people can walk among these shiny spheres.
Best wishes
Kasia

PiotrF (52330) 2019-12-22 15:43

Hello Rob,
A very nice composition with beautiful reflections.
An interesting note about Yayoi Kusama.
Good picture with nice composition and good quality.
Nice presentation.
Regards
Piotr

worldcitizen (14310) 2019-12-22 16:11

Hello Rob,
What a creative work of art, and a set of creative photos showing it off. I like this main photo, filled with all the mirrored balls. I was looking in each one to see the differences. The WS photos are also great. There are endless photo possibilities with so many reflections. Merry Christmas to you!

emka (152388) 2019-12-22 19:56

hello Rob, I must confess that I like much more the two Workshop pictures where we see what fun have the people looking at all these bubbles. The main photo reminded me the Kapoor sculpture from Guggenheim Bilbao, there the balls were like the tree but the result - the many reflections were similar.

Kind regards MAlgo

rychem (72179) 2019-12-22 20:29

A very nice photo for the Christmas time, I like the repetition of silver bulbs with interesting reflections, in your photo dominates the silver color, in my photo the golden color is the main subject :)
Merry Christmas to you !
Ryszard

ifege (32433) 2019-12-22 20:45

Great one Rob with all those reflections!
cheers
Ian

pajaran (102782) 2019-12-22 21:26

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Lepe kugle i refleks.
Sobar rad sa fotografijama u radionici, lepo pokazano, dobro uhvacen trenutak.
Dobar tekst o Yayoi Kusama i njegovom umetnickom radu.
Zelim vam sve najbolje.
Paja.

bona (14933) 2019-12-23 6:34

Hello Rob,

I didn't know this artwork. Very impressive and your photo is so impressive as the art. You got sharp details of the bulbs. Love the complementary photos too.

Well done
Andre

Energysavingelk (6667) 2019-12-23 12:54

Wow Rob,

not the Philips Gloeilampenfabriek at Eindhoven?

Excuse my bad humour, it's one day before Christmas and the usual nervous breakdown :-)

Groet Sven

COSTANTINO (104259) 2019-12-23 12:56

Hello dear Rob and have a nice time
original version
so suprising indeed
great graphic effect
regards
Costantino

ChrisJ (160138) 2020-01-07 2:02

Witaj Rob!

Fantastic repetition of the spheres and wonderful reflections in each. Good use of selective focus with only the mid-ground pin sharp. Tfs!

maloutim (13617) 2020-01-09 0:11

Dear Rob,
As usual when coming to your gallery, I didn’t know anything about the artist presented, but then I am all the more knowledgeable :-)
Clever composition of giant petanque boules ! One of the attractions of course is the reflections.
3 very interesting pictures !
Kindest regards.
Marie-Louise.

macjake (96157) 2020-01-12 17:08

Hi Rob
I wonder what this scene would look like without all the reflections and repeating shapes/forms...for me thats the allure and attraction here. Surprised you didn't use Pic #3 as a main post. cool shot, I like the full frame compo. cheers
Craig

mcmtanyel (58830) 2020-01-25 20:16

Hello Rob,
Of the three photos you posted, this is my favorite, I just love the repetition of perfect spheres. 👏 We have an installation by Yayoi Kusama at the Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh. It is called Infinity Dots. I wish we had taken the time time to go to the Mattress Factory when you guys were here.
Regards,
MT

jmdias (103052) 2020-04-13 10:33

rob

a curious sculpture made with these metallic balls and creating special reflections. I liked the repetition of patterns seen here. a special angle enhancing the beauty of the group of spheres.

take care

jorge