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Self-obliteration by dots

Yayoi Kusama

Dovehouse Contemporary United Arab Emirates

Artwork details

Artist

Yayoi Kusama

Title

Self-obliteration by dots

Description

Self-obliteration by dots

By Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama is a Japanese contemporary artist known for her immersive installations, polka dots, and infinity mirror rooms. Her work spans painting, sculpture, performance, and installation, often exploring themes of infinity, repetition, and mental health. A pioneer of avant-garde art since the 1960s, Kusama's bold, surreal style has made her one of the most influential and recognizable artists in the world.

1968

Poster printed on coated paper

80 × 69cm (31.49 × 27.16in)

Date

1968

Medium

Digital Print

Edition

N/A

Signature

Unsigned

Sheet

80 × 69 cm

Status

Available

Price

Price on request

The Artist

Yayoi Kusama

Avant-garde Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama works in many different mediums, including sculpture, painting, performance, books, poems and installation. Her impact can be seen in a wide range of creative movements, including minimalism, pop art, feminist and environment art, and she is viewed as one of Japan’s most influential living artists. Although she trained at the Kyoto Municipal School of Arts and Crafts in the traditional Japanese painting style of Nihonga in 1948, she quickly turned her back on these established artistic conventions and developed her own unique abstract, conceptual style. The major motif in her work is polka dots. Suffering hallucinations since she was a child, the polka dots are a representation of this experience and, for Kusama, the sign of infinity.