This realistic robot, like a Japanese artist, paints polka dots on a Vuitton window in Place Vendôme, Paris. The artist and the French luxury brand signed a new collaboration.
Looking like Yayoi Kusama, this robot is sure to turn heads. An animated version of the iconic Japanese artist is currently painting his famous spots from the window of the Louis Vuitton store on Place Vendôme in Paris. Posted this Thursday, January 5, this amazingly realistic automaton moves its lips, widens its eyes, smiles at passers-by, makes faces and shakes its brush.
This robotic animation of rare complexity can actually be seen in three cities around the world: on Fifth Avenue in New York, in the windows of Harrods in London, and consequently in Paris. It allows the French luxury brand to promote a wider collaboration with the artist, which has resulted in more than 450 pieces, including bags, perfumes and sneakers. According to the Wall Street Journal, Kusama and her team have been working on the collaboration with Louis Vuitton for a year and a half, with the second one coming in 2012. the works of the house in the colors of the artist (…). A voice for art, audacity and craftsmanship,” says the brand’s website.
Love, peace, universe
In addition to the vending machine in the Vendôme boutique, the flagship of the brand on the Champs-Élysées has had its facade changed. it also pays tribute to the artist with an unusual monumental sculpture of him.
The artist, who is now 93 years old and has been living voluntarily in a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo since 1977, said in a recent interview: The Art newspaper “I paint every day. I will continue to create a world filled with reverence for life, accepting all messages of love, peace and the universe.”
Video: Louis Vuitton x Yayoi Kusama collaboration
Source: Le Figaro
