Narcissus Garden

First created fifty years ago in 1966 for the 33rd Venice Biennale, the installation by Yayoi Kusama at the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut, is made of 1,300 floating steel spheres.

Yayoi Kusama created a landscape installation that celebrates the 110th anniversary of Philip Johnson’s birth and the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.  First created fifty years ago in 1966 for the 33rd Venice Biennale, this iteration of Narcissus Garden will be incorporated into the Glass House’s 49-acre landscape.

Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut

Narcissus Garden, comprising 1,300 floating steel spheres, each approximately 30 cm in diameter will be installed in the Lower Meadow and forest, creating a dramatic view to the west of the Glass House. Drifting in the newly restored pond, the spheres will move with the wind and follow the pond’s natural currents, forming a kinetic sculpture. Their mirrored surfaces will reflect the surrounding Pond Pavilion (1962), wooded landscape, and sky.

Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut
Yayoi Kusama, Narcissus Garden, Glass House, New Canaan, Connecticut


until November 30 2016
Yayoi Kusama: Narcissus Garden
Glass House
199 Elm Street, New Canaan
Connecticut