YAYOI KUSAMA (JAPAN, B. 1929)

Kusama in Flower Garden (Lot 205) is different from Kusama's usual subject matter of abstract dots or still life. It is rare to see her depict a landscape with the horizon in the middle of the piece. The upper half of the work is filled with polka dots in the classic style of Kusama - its effect is akin to the dizzying view of a starry sky. True to her concept of infinity, the garden in the lower half is richly composed of a collage of photographs. Kusama also introduced the image of her soft sculpture - they have become exotic plants in this fairytale. She positioned her tiny silhouette in the centre of the work - dressed entirely in yellow, the artist perfectly obliterates herself into the background.