Yayoi Kusama // Infinity Nets (KYKEY), 2017

  • Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Nets (KYKEY), 2017. Acrylic on canvas. A late Infinity Net painting where repeated arcs create a hypnotic field that embodies obsession, repetition, and infinity.
    Infinity-Nets (KYKEY), 2017
    Acrylic on canvas, 162 × 162 cm (62¾ × 63¾ in.)
    © Yayoi Kusama. Image reproduced for educational and informational purposes only. 
    Painted in 2017, Infinity Nets (KYKEY) continues Kusama’s most enduring series, which she began in New York in the late 1950s. The Infinity Nets first established her as a radical figure in postwar abstraction, and for over six decades she has returned to the motif, transforming it into a universal language of repetition, accumulation, and infinity.
     
    This late work demonstrates the ongoing vitality of the series. Across the surface, Kusama’s repeated arcs create a dense, web-like field that dissolves the boundaries of the canvas and suggests a space without beginning or end. The hypnotic rhythm reflects her central themes of self-dissolution and boundlessness, while the assured brushwork testifies to the confidence of her mature practice.

  • “I paint nets to try to escape from my obsessional neurosis, but they also express the infinity of the universe.”

     – Yayoi Kusama

    By 2017, Kusama had achieved near-mythical status, with her exhibitions drawing record-breaking audiences worldwide and her Infinity Nets celebrated as a cornerstone of contemporary art. Works such as Infinity Nets (KYKEY) bridge the radical origins of her practice with her late-career prominence, affirming the enduring relevance of a motif that connects the intimate with the infinite.