"Yayoi Kusama's "Fireflies on the Water." I saw it at the 2004 Whitney Biennial, and I believe I could only view it for 30sec to 1 minute because of the crowds, but i could have stayed there for hours. Being inside this space of infinity in the middle of a large museum exhibition was such a shift of perspective that it was hard to approach how you feel in the space. Which is infinite, and enclosed. It was transformative. And allowed me to begin to appreciate installation art, when it's done right, which it often isn't. And it brought me to a greater appreciation for Kusama's work." // "[E]ncountering the life sized installation piece by Liza Lou at the National Gallery in London in 2001. This thing, a life sized, fully 3 dimensional 1950's American kitchen rendered entirely in millions of glass beads (took her 5 years) just suddenly made me so happy I laughed out loud. " // "Artist Spends 5 Years Covering Entire Kitchen in Millions of Glass Beads: You might think you know what patience means, but American artist Liza Lou clearly has a bit better understanding about what meticulous work really is. Her first large scale work Kitchen took 5 years to complete (1991–1996), and is, as the title suggests, a life-size replica of a kitchen, covered entirely in millions of glass beads." http://www.pinterest.com/pin... - Amira