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Photos: Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

Looking into "Infinity Mirrored Room — Love Forever," 1994, one of the artist's six rooms in the exhibition "Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors" at the Broad museum in downtown L.A.

Looking into “Infinity Mirrored Room — Love Forever,” 1994, one of the artist’s six rooms in the exhibition “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” at the Broad museum in downtown L.A.

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Oct. 18, 2017 6 AM PT

“Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” opens Sataurday at the Broad museum in downtown L.A., but The Times got an early look at the exhibition on Monday and Tuesday. Here’s what we saw.

Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

“Infinity Mirror Room — Phalli’s Field,” 1965.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

“Phalli’s Field.”

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

“Infinity Mirrorer Room — Aftermath of Obliteration of Eternity,” 2009.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

“Dots Obsession — Love Transformed Into Dots,” 2007.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

The exhibition “Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors” also includes the Japanese artist’s sculptures.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

Yayoi Kusama’s “Walking on the Sea of Death,” sewn stuffed fabric, fiberglass rowboat.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad

Detail of “Walking on the Sea of Death.”

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

Yayoi Kusama on screen during installation of her exhibition at the Broad museum on Monday.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

Workers prepare another Kusama sculpture for installation.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

“Love Forever,” in a different light.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

“Love Forever,” in yet another part of the light sequence.

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Reflecting on Yayoi Kusama at the Broad museum

Workers uncrate more work by Yayoi Kusama in preparation for the Broad opening.

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