Kyoto art museum transformed into ‘vibrant dreamworld’

Japanese artist Mika Ninagawa has transformed a Kyoto art museum into a “vibrant dreamworld,” in a new exhibition of her and her collaborators’ work.

Ninagawa Mika with EiM: Lights of the beyond, Shadows of this world combines photography, film, light, and other artwork, guiding the viewer through ten interconnected spaces designed to inspire a sense of the surreal in nature: One area is blanketed in the red and black hues of thousands of artificial spider lilies, a flower that is associated with death in Japan, the artist said.

“Each element of the exhibition… is imbued with a sense of searching — inviting us into a world where the lines blur,” The Japan Times wrote.