Yayoi Kusama // Lizard, 1989

  • Yayoi Kusama, Lizard, 1989. Screenprint, 45 × 53 cm, edition of 100, with frame included. Features Kusama’s stylised lizard motif rendered in bold colours and rhythmic pattern, typical of her late 1980s print series.
    Lizard, 1989
    Screenprint, 45 × 53 cm (17 7/10 × 20 9/10 in.), Edition of 100, frame included
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    Yayoi Kusama’s Lizard (1989) is a screenprint measuring 45 × 53 cm, produced in an edition of 100 and issued with a frame. At first glance, the work presents the reptilian form in bold, graphic detail, but its imagery extends further. Alongside the lizard motif, Kusama includes the figure of a girl holding flowers and the delicate image of a butterfly, combining natural and human elements within a surreal, dreamlike composition.
     
    This interplay of motifs highlights Kusama’s fascination with the interconnectedness of life. The girl, the lizard, the flowers, and the butterfly together form a symbolic constellation, suggesting growth, fragility, and transformation. By arranging these forms in rhythmic balance, Kusama creates a scene that oscillates between innocence and unease, beauty and strangeness, a tension that runs through much of her work.
     
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  • “I translate the hallucinations and fear of my life into paintings.”

     — Yayoi Kusama

    Lizard demonstrates Kusama’s mastery in translating her obsessions into the medium of print. The addition of figurative and organic symbols enriches the composition, offering a meditation on nature, memory, and the cycles of existence. As in her larger paintings and installations, Kusama transforms ordinary motifs into extraordinary visions, giving them new meaning through repetition and bold graphic clarity.